Jeanne Gervais

Jeanne Gervais, née Jeanne Ahou Siefer-N’Dri (June 6, 1922 – December 9, 2012) was an Ivorian politician.

Born in Grand-Bassam, Gervais was the daughter of a French father and a Baoulé mother.[1] A longtime member of the Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire – African Democratic Rally,[2] she participated in the women's march in her hometown in 1949.[3] Trained as a teacher, she became one of three women, alongside Hortense Aka-Anghui and Gladys Anoma, elected to the National Assembly immediately after independence;[4] she served in that body from 1965 until 1980.[1] In 1976 she was named head of the Ministry of Women's Affairs, remaining in that role until 1984 and becoming the first woman to serve in the Ivorian cabinet. She was also active for many years as president of the Association des Femmes Ivoiriennes.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Jeanne Gervais, première femme ivoirienne ministre tire sa révérence". Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "rti.ci – Actualité". rti.ci. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  3. ↑ Cyril K. Daddieh (9 February 2016). Historical Dictionary of Cote d'Ivoire (The Ivory Coast). Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 266–. ISBN 978-0-8108-7389-6.
  4. 1 2 Kathleen E. Sheldon (2005). Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5331-7.


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