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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, On Monday, January 16, 2006, an historic event |
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| took place in Monrovia, Liberia, as Ellen Johnson Sirleaf took |
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| office as Liberia's leader, making her the first elected female |
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| president on the African continent; and
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| WHEREAS, Born in Liberia in 1938, President Sirleaf worked |
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| her way through college in the United States by mopping floors |
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| and waiting tables; she graduated with a master's degree in |
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| public administration from Harvard University in 1971; and
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| WHEREAS, She served in several top positions in Liberia, |
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| including as finance minister; she also held senior positions |
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| with Citibank, the World Bank, and the United Nations; and
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| WHEREAS, She was imprisoned twice in Liberia in the 1980s |
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| for political reasons; and
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| WHEREAS, Founded by freed American slaves in 1847, Liberia |
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| was prosperous and peaceful for more than a century, bolstered |
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| by abundant timber and diamond wealth; more recently, the |
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| country has dealt with back-to-back civil wars, and has much |
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| rebuilding to do; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| we join with the Conference of Women Legislators and the |
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| African-American Caucus in congratulating President Ellen |
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| Johnson Sirleaf on her inauguration as the first elected female |
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| president on the African continent, and we wish her the best in |
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| her term of office; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as an expression |
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| of our esteem.
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