Ellen Johnson Sirleaf elected
2005 · Event
The Liberian economist becomes the first woman elected head of state in Africa; later a Nobel Peace laureate.
On these timelines: Women in history, Sub-Saharan Africa, Master
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- Seneca Falls Convention (1848)
- Indira Gandhi (1917)
- The Feminine Mystique published (1963)
- Susan B. Anthony (1820)
- Rosa Parks (1913)
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