Liberian politician: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is a Liberian politician and economist. After studying in the United States at Harvard, she became Assistant Minister of Finance then  Minister of Finance in Liberia.  In 2005, Ellen became the first woman to be elected president of an African state, in elections organized by the UN. …

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Astronaut: Ellen Ochoa

Today Atlanta Free Speech highlights Ellen Ochoa (born 1958). Ochoa is an astronaut and researcher of advanced optical information systems, Ochoa flew her first shuttle mission in 1993 as a Mission Specialist with the Discovery crew, conducting atmospheric and solar studies in order to better understand the effect of solar…

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