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.
Isabel dos Santos Isabel dos Santos (born 20 April 1973) is an Angolan businesswoman. In 2013, according to research by "Forbes", her net worth had reached more than three billion US dollars, making her Africa’s first billionaire woman. She is the daughter of Angola's President José Eduardo dos Santos, who has ruled the country since 1979. A "Forbes" magazine article described in 2013 how Isabel dos Santos acquired her wealth by taking stakes in companies doing business in Angola, suggesting that her wealth comes almost entirely from her family's power and connections. In November 2015, the BBC named Isabel dos Santos as one of the 100 most influential women in the world.