Abeodu Bowen Jones

Hannah Abeodu Bowen Jones (1934 – 9 July 2023) was a Liberian historian, politician and diplomat.

Biography

After becoming the first Liberian woman to gain a PhD, she became a professor at the University of Liberia. In the 1970s she was the only woman in the cabinet of William Tubman. From 1981 to 1984 she was Liberia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations. During the Liberian Civil War she moved to the United States and taught at Chicago State University.[1]

Jones died on 9 July 2023.[2]

Works

• Grand Cape Mount County : an historical and cultural study of a developing society in Liberia, 1964.
• (ed.) The official papers of William V.S. Tubman, President of the Republic of Liberia: covering addresses, messages, speeches and statements 1960-1967, 1968

References

1. Florence Mugambi, Blazing a trail: Women Africanist PhDs, Northwestern Program of African Studies News and Events, Vol. 30, No. 3 (Spring 2020).
2. "In memoriam: Hannah Abeodu Bowen-Jones (1934–2023)". Northwestern University. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2024.