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Helene Cooper, "Madame President"
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April 13, 2017
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51:25Now PlayingA Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist, Cooper grew up in Liberia and her memoir, The House at Sugar Beach, includes a vivid account of the 1980 coup. Her second book, one of The Washington Post’s “Ten Books on Leadership to Read in 2017,” is the inspiring story of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Sirleaf narrowly survived the 1980 turmoil, lost a close and controversial presidential race in 1997, but in 2005, supported by a wide cross-section of women—many voting for the first time--become the first female elected head of state in Africa’s history. During her tenure Sirleaf has helped to heal Liberia’s ethnic rivalries, managed the 2014 Ebola crisis, and won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize for her work on behalf of women’s rights; as Cooper shows, Sirleaf’s exceptional courage has lifted the fortunes of women throughout Liberia.
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