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Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf- Biography in
Brief
 Internationally
known as Africa's "Iron Lady," President Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf is a leading promoter of peace,
justice and democratic rule. She grew up in the
Liberian capital of Monrovia where she married and
had four sons.
President
Johnson Sirleaf later moved to the United States
where she earned an accounting degree from the
Madison College of Business and a Masters Degree in
Public Administration from Harvard University's
Kennedy School of Government.
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Liberian President Ellen
Johnson-Sirleaf, Africa's First Elected Female Head
of State to be Honored at 2007 Africare Award
Dinner
The 2007 Africare Bishop Walker Dinner, to be
held on Thursday, October 18, in Washington , D.C.
, will honor Liberian President Ellen
Johnson-Sirleaf, who will receive the Bishop John
T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Service
Award. The award is given annually to the
people who have made major contributions to the
continent of Africa . Prior recipients
include former Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy
Carter, then President Nelson Mandela, Andrew
Young, Dorothy I. Height, Graca Machel, former
Secretary of State Colin Powell, and
philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates. The
Africare Dinner is now the largest annual event for
Africa in the United
"We symbolically chose
International Women's Day to announce President
Johnson Sirleaf as Africar e's
2007 honoree," noted Africare Senior Vice President
Jeannine B. Scott. "As the first elected
female head of state in Africa , President Johnson
Sirleaf embodies the progress of women in achieving
leadership positions on the continent. At the
2007 Africare Bishop Walker Dinner, Africare will
pay tribute to her efforts to bring peace, economic
prosperity, and a bright future for the people of
Liberia Africare's work endeavors to do the same
thing, every day."
Similar to the mission of
International Women's Day&emdash;a tribute to the
global celebration of women of the past, present
and future-- the October Africare Dinner will
center on themes of "Women's Empowerment," in
addition to honoring Africa's first female
president. More
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