Abeodu Bowen Jones
Hannah Abeodu Bowen Jones (born 1934) is a Liberian historian, politician and diplomat. Life After becoming the first Liberian woman to gain a PhD, she became a professor at the University of Liberia. In the 1970s she was the only woman in the cabinet of William Tubman. From 1981 to 1984 she was Liberia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations. During the Liberian Civil War she moved to the United States and taught at Chicago State University. Works Grand Cape Mount County : an historical and cultural study of a developing society in Liberia, 1964. (ed.) The official papers of William V.S. Tubman, President of the Republic of Liberia: covering addresses, messages, speeches and statements 1960-1967, 1968 References 1934 births Living people Northwestern University alumni Liberian women diplomats Permanent Representatives of Liberia to the United Nations Academic staff of the University of Liberia Chicago State University faculty Liberian women ambassadors