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WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT
Dr . Arrgie E . Brooks, Woman of
1 test my and second woman elected
president of the United Nations Gen-
(INrl Asscntblv, is currently being addru,sac!
as lladam President by her
colleagues of come 120 delegations
;'rom around the globe, with African
missions in the ascendency, with 38
strong.
'I'lte 41 year old diplomat, Angie
I,;Iizabeth Ilrooks, made history and
set an awesome precedent when she
was elected President of the twentyfourth
session of the General Assembly
rmaninrously with every country
responding . :1 standing" ovation
greeted the Liberian Assistant Secretary
of State when the election re-
,rtlts were iturmunced and the IT.N .
1)r)dy rose to its feet . again when she
was escorted tit the rostrum to take
Irer scat.
'fhc unique honor tops her eleventh
ye;tr as Assistant Sc("retarv of State
of I,i1H .ria and her tifteenth year as
lrer ooutttr ;v's rle le-rate to the General
.lsscttd)ly where " sire served in various
vtllttwities .
Mrs . Ilrooks has servcKl as vice
Chsirrnart of the Assembly's Fourth
('( , .urruittee ('Trust and Non-Self-
Goyorttitrf, 'I'crritories) : Vice-Presirlvotrt
4 the Committee on Tnformatiorr
from :ion-Self-Governing Territories
; Chainrrmi of the Fourth Commirree
; (1mirmau of the United NatWrrs
Visitiug- 11is,ion to the Trust
'1'erri tarry i)f the Pacific Islands ;
Vir-, , -I'residvrrt ,hood President of the
AFRICAN OPINION
By GLADYS P. GRAHAM
(Famata )
Trusteeship Council antong other
pertinent bodies during her long and
productive years at the International
11 -orld forruu . Her opinions, declararirrns
and statesnran,hip have been
laudatory and unpreeedently with
versatility and sagacity, a woman of
valor and t minendy qualified for the
high posts .
Born in Vir;ginin, Montserrado
County, Lihcrio, she holds earned
degrees fry>rri Shaw University in
Raleigh, North Carolina (U.S.A .)
on a scholarship with lter working her
way through rolle-e as a student .
Mrs. Brooks also holds a Bachelor
of Law and Master of Science degree
in political srierwe from the TTrriver-
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sity of Wisconsin . She did advanced
study at the University of London
trnrl obtained a Doctor of Civil Law
degree from the University o£ Li-
4eria . She was the first of her sex
t o be admitted to practice before the
Supreme Court of Liberia . Later she
served as Assistant . Attorney-General
of Liheria.
As a lawyer of scope she was extended
every consideration by President
NN' . NT, S . Tubman who emancipated
tire female species politically.
Angie Ilrortks served as Vice-President
of the International Federation
of Women Lawyers . She represented
Liberia and the Federation at the
first session of the United Nations
I"conomi(I Commission for Africa.
Her two rears as Vice-President
of the National Liberian Political
and Social Movement. was momeutons
as was her serviee as Special
Assistant to the Lott Carey Baptist
Foreign Mission Convention which
played an important part in setting
up seholarships for Liberian youth.
"This outstanding daughter of Africa,
indicated to "Famata" that Liberia
was an Afriearr State that must be
able to cope with all phases of development
.
Proud of her Africmi heritage and
her Afriean dress, which she always
,xcars with dignitv, her motto is to
actually live the principle that
brotherhood is an example for others
to follow and to leave something of
worth for those following behind .
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