Angie Elisabeth Brooks

thumb|Angie Elizabeth Brooks in 1975 Angie Elizabeth Brooks (August 24, 1928 – September 9, 2007) was a Liberian diplomat and jurist. She was the only African female President of the United Nations General Assembly.Brooks was also the second woman from any nation to head the U.N. body. Quotes If much remains to be done, new avenues to be explored, new attitudes and ideas to be found, we have given the direction to future assemblies. Angie Brooks: Pioneer Liberian Woman,Sept 25, 2007,By Dr. D. Elwood Dunn The U.N. could and should remain the best means of international cooperation that has ever been at mankind's disposal. But we have to nurse and cherish and cultivate it. Everybody's Miss Brooks, Sep. 26, 1969,ADD TIME NEWS External links Category:Women academics from Liberia Category:Women politicians in Liberia Category:Ambassadors Category:Women in law Category:Women activists from Liberia Category:Women's rights activists Category:2007 deaths Category:1928 births