This is What Courage Looks Like: Lessons In Strength From Liberia's Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf

Ma Ellen. The Iron Lady. African Queen. People across the world regularly use these names to describe Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the first female President of Liberia and the continent?s first female head of state. They hint at the immeasurable amount of strength, conviction, charisma, and determination it required for her to win the 2005 election (and re-election in 2011), where she not only beat despotic leaders who used violence against her and the voters, but also convinced a nation that a woman...