Which Liberian politician was the granddaugher of a market woman?
Sirleaf Market Women's Fund During 14 years of savage civil war, Liberia’s market women kept food and supplies flowing against terrible odds. As the conflict worsened, they gathered together praying for peace, then protesting and finally politicking in the international arena. After peace took hold, in 2005 they turned their hard-won organizational skills to get out the vote for Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa’s first woman to be elected president—the granddaughter of a market woman.
Liberian general election, 1963 General elections were held in Liberia in 1963. In the presidential election, incumbent William Tubman of the True Whig Party was the only candidate, and was re-elected unopposed.