Liberian Literary Magazine
March Issue 0315
The Council of State consisted of Charles
Taylor, ULIMO-K (United Liberation
Movement of Liberia) leader Alhaji
Kromah, Liberia Peace Council leader
George Boley, and two other civilians.
In 2004, she was an African President-inResidence at the African Presidential
Archives and Research Center at Boston
University.
Maryland
County.
Mrs.
Tubman
pioneered in the field of social services,
launching the first national systemic
program for orphans and disabled
children at the SAMUEL GRIMES HOSPITAL
in Kakata. She led Liberian women and
the wives of foreign businessmen and
diplomats in establishing the Antoinette
Tubman Child Welfare Foundation, and
the AT Child Welfare Center.
Turning to the field of mental health,
Mrs. Tubman was instrumental in the
founding of the CATHERINE MILLS
PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT And REHAB
CENTER just outside Monrovia. Nettie
Tubman was also chief Patron of the
SARAH SIMPSON GEORGE HOME FOR
INDIGENTS, and the SOCIAL SERVICES
ASSOCIATION, a civil organization that
raised funds for welfare institutions.
Antoinette Louise Padmore Tubman
died on May 18, 2011.
ANTOINETTE LOUISE PADMORE TUBMAN
From HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF LIBERIA, Dunn,
Beyan and Burrowes.
MA PHEBE D. NYEMAH
President Tubman's third wife and First
Lady of Liberia (1948-1971), Mrs. Tubman
was born on Feb. 24, 1914 in Monrovia, to
JAMES STANLEY PADMORE and MARY
LOUISE BARCLAY PADMORE. She was
raised by her aunt ELIZABETH BARCLAY
SHERMAN after the death of her mother,
and educated at Bromley Mission, and in
Paris where she studied modeling and
fashion.
As First Lady, "Aunt Nettie" established a
miniature museum at the Mansion, with
an interesting collection of presidential
mementos from several administrations
including her husband's. She opened two
businesses, COOCOO'S NEST Motel and
Restaurant in Totota, and WILMETCO
Coffee Plantation and Processing in
Evangelist Tours: Ma Phebe went from
town to town in Liberia and Ivory Coast
praying for the sick and breaking
demonic oppressions over towns and
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