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Author:

Johnson-Sirleaf, Ellen, 1938-

Title:

This child will be great : memoir of a remarkable life by Africa's first woman president / Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Harper,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

353 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Johnson-Sirleaf, Ellen,--1938-
Presidents--Liberia--Biography.
Women presidents--Liberia--Biography.
Liberia--Politics and government--1980-
Liberia--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The beginning -- Childhood ends -- America again -- The Tolbert years -- The 1980 coup -- Climbing the corporate ladder -- The 1985 elections -- The attempted coup -- Escape -- Equator bank and the Charles Taylor war -- ECOMOG -- UNDP and Rwanda -- War some more/1997 elections -- Self-imposed exile, or exile again -- Accra and the transition -- Becoming President -- Inauguration day -- The first hundred days -- Some challenges ahead -- The future -- Appendix: Inaugural speech by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

Summary:

From Liberian President Sirleaf--Africa's first elected female president--comes an inspirational memoir about her improbable rise to international prominence, her fight for political freedom, and her unwavering determination to rebuild Liberia in the wake of civil war.

ISBN:

0061353477 (acid-free paper)
9780061353475 (acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)232978243

LCCN:

2009017220

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

RSPC135 -- Lake City Public Library (Lake City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)