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.
Jeremiah Sulunteh Jeremiah Congbeh Sulunteh (born October 11, 1958, in Gboimu Town, Suacoco, Bong County, Liberia) is the Vice Standard Bearer of Liberia's Alternative National Congress (ANC) political party, and its Vice Presidential candidate for the 2017 Liberia Presidential Elections. Sulunte's career in the areas of administration, teaching, and politics spans more than 30 years.