en.wikipedia.orgVerónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria (Spanish pronunciation: [miˈtʃel βatʃeˈlet]; born September 29, 1951) is a Social Democrat politician who was President of Chile from 11 March 2006 to 11 March 2010. She was the first woman president of her country. In September 2010 Bachelet was appointed as the hea...
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Monday, October 31, 2011
Michelle Bachelet
Today's awesome woman of the day is Michelle Bachelet, who was tortured by the goat-blower Pinochet but eventually became president of Chile. Presidents cannot serve two consecutive terms in Chile, but she left office with an 82% approval rating and has not ruled out running again in 2013. She is now the head of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. She rocks.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
Today's awesome woman is Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. She's President of Liberia and the first woman president in Africa. She is descended from original Liberian colonists and was born in Monrovia, Liberia in 1938. She married at age 17, and she and her husband came to the USA, where she earned several degrees, including a master's degree in public administration from Harvard. She returned to Liberia and began working for then-President Tolbert, who was executed in a military coup by Samuel Doe. Johnson-Sirleaf went into exile in Nairobi, where she served, from 1983-1985, as a director of Citibank.
When Doe declared himself president, Johnson-Sirleaf went back to Liberia to run against him and was sentenced to ten years in prison, but was released and went back into exile, this time to Washington, D.C.
She became Director of the UN Development Program Regional Bureau for Africa. In 1996, she returned to Libya, which had been through much turmoil after the death of Samuel Doe, and Johnson-Sirleaf ran for president again. .She lost the election to Charles Taylor, who charged her with treason.
More biographical info: http://concreteloop.com/20
A list of her achievements: http://news.sl/drwebsite/e
PBS/Independent Lens "Iron Ladies of Liberia" film info at http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/ironladies/presidency.html
AWU post & comments are at http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2038473410323&set=o.343338393054&type=1
When Doe declared himself president, Johnson-Sirleaf went back to Liberia to run against him and was sentenced to ten years in prison, but was released and went back into exile, this time to Washington, D.C.She became Director of the UN Development Program Regional Bureau for Africa. In 1996, she returned to Libya, which had been through much turmoil after the death of Samuel Doe, and Johnson-Sirleaf ran for president again. .She lost the election to Charles Taylor, who charged her with treason.
More biographical info: http://concreteloop.com/20
A list of her achievements: http://news.sl/drwebsite/e
PBS/Independent Lens "Iron Ladies of Liberia" film info at http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/ironladies/presidency.html
AWU post & comments are at http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2038473410323&set=o.343338393054&type=1
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