Our mothers have spoken: Synthesizing old and new forms of women's political authority in Liberia

Journal of International Women's Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 51-66

  Moran, Mary ^a  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

Elections; Ellen johnson sirleaf; Liberia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875197721     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15398706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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