As Ellen Johnson Sirleaf begins her first days as president of Liberia, she probably won’t have time to reflect on how far she’s come since her days as a busgirl in Madison.
Sirleaf is the first female leader of an African nation. But before making history, she got an accounting degree from the now defunct Madison College of Business back in 1964.
When she was first elected last year, former UW Dean of L&S Phil Certain looked her up to see if she attended the University of Wisconsin. “Her name was not in the records but her husband’s name was in the records. He was a master’s degree student at the University at the time.”