Gladys Olebile Masire

thumb|Gladys Olebile Masire-Lady Masire "MmaGaone" (Lady Masire) in 2011 Gladys Molefi Olebile Masire, Lady Masire (30 July 1931 – 17 May 2014) was a Botswanan teacher and political figure who served as the longest ruling First Lady of Botswana from 1980 until 1998. Quotes Things like washing-up after meals, cleaning the classrooms, working in the gardens, preparing the playing fields have much to teach the somewhat careless, superficial teenager. Yes, we must endeavour to be global citizens, learning from each other - learning from the variety of solutions which have been arrived at for what could have been essentially the same problem - but we must retain our individuality, our culture, our beliefs - those things which make us different, those things that make us what we are. Keynote Address, Global Connections, by Gorata Mokgatla, (February 10, 1997),Young Africa Botswana, retrieved 29 November 2022 External links Category:1931 births Category:2014 deaths Category:Educators Category:Philanthropists Category:Women from Botswana Category:First ladies