Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

by Scully, Pamela;

  Liberia: history, 15, 18–23; independence, 18, 20

  Liberian Action Party, 51, 56, 62

  Liberia National Police, 87, 99

  Liberian Student Union, 32

  Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD), 65, 67, 68, 108

  Matilda Newport Day, 40

  Matthews, Gabriel Baccus, 33

  Methodists, 20, 26, 27

  Ministry of Gender and Development, 91

  Monrovia: Ebola, 108, 109; history and development, 20–27, 38, 40–41, 42, 43, 45–49, 56–59, 63, 67, 68, 72, 82, 85, 87, 88, 90, 91, 95, 104, 105, 107; and Johnson family, 18, 23–24, 25–27; map, 61; and Sirleaf, 36, 50, 62, 76, 78, 80, 81, 84, 95, 105, 107; and Sirleaf family, 29; and Weah, 79

  Movement for Democracy in Liberia (MODEL), 68

  Movement for Justice in Africa (MOJA), 37, 41, 46

  Muslim, 26, 27

  National Democratic Party of Liberia, 50

  National Patriotic Front of Liberia, 55

  Newport, Matilda, 40

  Nimba County, 34, 52, 55, 88

  Nobel Peace Prize, 13–15, 47, 60, 72, 98, 100

  Organisation of African Unity, 42, 47, 61

  pawning, 23

  Pray the Devil Back to Hell, 15, 71

  Presbyterian Church, 20, 26–27

  Progressive Alliance of Liberia, 33, 46

  Quiwonkpa, Thomas, 51–52

  rape, 58, 70, 71, 82, 91–92, 94, 104

  rape law, 91–92

  religion, 26–27

  Reagan, Ronald, President, 48, 49, 51–53

  Robertson, Pat, 64

  Rwandan genocide, 60–61, 70, 73, 89

  Sande, 18

  Sawyer, Amos, 37, 50, 54, 58, 59

  sexual violence, 16, 32, 56, 91, 93, 94, 104

  Sirleaf, Charles, 29, 101

  Sirleaf, Ellen Johnson

  —autobiography, 27, 29, 30, 51, 52, 75, 76, 86, 95

  —awards, 13, 72, 73, 98, 102

  —birth and early years, 18, 23–29

  —children of, 29, 30–31, 35, 101 (see also individual names)

  —Citibank and, 49, 50, 51

  —college, 30, 31, 35–36

  —Commission on Good Governance, 74

  —corruption and, 42, 46, 49, 50, 52, 83, 98, 101–4, 106

  —Côte d’Ivoire, 64–65

  —divorce, 35

  —Doe and, 45–47, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 56

  —domestic violence, 30, 32

  —Ebola, 16–17, 103, 108, 110–11

  —election 1985, 50–53

  —election 1997, 62, 63, 64, 66, 67

  —election 2005, 69, 70, 75–82

  —election 2011, 97–99, 101, 111

  —Equator Bank, 52, 56, 73

  —gender and, 46, 78

  —Harvard University, 31, 33, 35, 79, 103

  —high school, 27–28

  —Kormah Development and Investment Corporation, 65, 73

  —Liberian Action Party, 51, 56, 62

  —Madison Business College, 31

  —marriage, 29, 32, 35

  —Nairobi, 49, 50

  —National Democratic Party of Liberia, 50

  —Nobel Peace Prize, 13, 15, 47, 72, 98, 100

  —Open Society Initiative for West Africa, 67, 73

  —president, 13, 14, 15, 21, 34, 35, 37, 39, 46, 49, 73, 78, 80, 81, 83–99, 100–101, 106–11

  —prison, 50–52, 97

  —Rwandan genocide and, 60–61, 73

  —senate seat, 51–52

  —Taylor and, 46, 54, 55, 56, 62, 65–66, 97, 105

  —Tolbert administration and, 38–42, 46, 52

  —Truth and Reconciliation Commission, 46, 56, 65, 93–96, 100

  —Tubman administration and, 35

  —UN Development Fund for Women, 73

  —UN Development Programme, 60

  —United States, 30–33, 52, 76, 89, 110

  —University of Colorado, 31, 35

  —Washington, DC, 39, 49, 52, 59, 64, 101

  —“Women, War, and Peace,” 71

  —World Bank, 33, 39, 49, 51, 73

  Sirleaf, Fumba, 102

  Sirleaf, James (Doc), 29–31

  Sirleaf, James H. (Adamah), 29, 31

  Sirleaf, James T., 29, 101

  Sirleaf, Robert, 29, 35, 101

  St. Peter’s Church, 56

  Taylor, Charles, 46, 49, 53–60, 62–69, 72, 73, 74, 76, 80, 87, 88, 91, 94, 95, 96, 97, 105, 108

  Tolbert, William R., Jr., 36–38, 39–46, 48, 52

  Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), 46, 56, 65, 92–97, 99, 100, 105

  Tubman, William, 26, 28, 32, 33–36, 98

  Tubman, Winston, 98–99

  Tuskegee Institute, 29

  United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy (ULIMO), 59

  United Nations, 28, 59, 62, 69, 73, 79, 86

  United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), 75, 105

  United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), 16, 73, 75

  United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 60

  United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), 75, 77, 86–87, 89

  United Nations Police (UNPOL), 87

  United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, 13, 70, 74, 89

  United Nations Security Council Resolution 1497, 69

  United States of America, 19, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 47, 48–49, 51, 52, 53, 57, 60, 62, 64, 68, 76, 80, 89; House of Representatives, 81; and Ebola, 109, 110

  Unity Party, 62, 63, 69, 78

  Weah, George, 79–80, 86, 101, 111

  women: peace movement, 15, 70–72; peacekeepers, 87; Truth and Reconciliation Commission, 93–94

  Women in Peacebuilding Network (WIPNET), 72, 75, 77, 80

  Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace (WLMAP), 72

  Women’s NGO Secretariat of Liberia (WONGOSOL), 74