When the rest of the world elected women leaders

Woman is officially named winner of Liberia presidency (November 2005)

Los Angeles Times cov­er­age of El­len John­son-Sir­leaf’s elec­tion as pres­id­ent of Liber­ia.

“‘We have shattered the glass-ceil­ing the­ory, and I hope wo­men will seize the mo­ment to be­come act­ive in civil and polit­ic­al af­fairs here at home and abroad,’ she said.”

Sources: Los Angeles Times, November 24, 2005.