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.
Vera Tembo Vera Tembo (born July 25, 1953) is a Zambian politician and member of the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD). She served as the First Lady of Zambia from 1991 until her separation from her former husband, President Frederick Chiluba.