Mary Antoinette Brown-Sherman
Liberian university teacher and writer
Why Is Mary Antoinette Brown-Sherman Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Mary Antoinette Brown Sherman was a Liberian educator, and the first woman to serve as president of a university in Africa. Early life and education Mary Antoinette Hope Grimes was born in Monrovia, the daughter of Louis Arthur Grimes and Victoria Elizabeth Jellemoh. Her father was an Americo-Liberian, or Congo, government official who became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia. Her brother Joseph Rudolph Grimes was Liberia's Secretary of State from 1960 to 1972. Her mother was from the Vai ethnic group, and was raised in the household of Joseph J. Cheeseman, the twelfth president of Liberia. Mary Antoinette Grimes was also related to the 15th president of Liberia, Arthur Barclay, and the 18th president, Edwin Barclay. She wrote a history of her Barclay foremothers.
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