1. Victoria Anna David Tolbert was the First Lady of Liberia from 1971 to 1980.
10 Facts About Victoria Tolbert
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Victoria Tolbert's father, Isaac David, was an American immigrant from Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Victoria Tolbert's mother, Rosaline Houston was a native Liberian of Vai ethnicity.
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Victoria Tolbert started teaching kindergarten at a mission school in 1934, and it was there she met William Tolbert.
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In July 1971, upon the death of President William Tubman, William Victoria Tolbert became President of Liberia.
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In 1972, Victoria Tolbert joined her husband during his visit to Guinea to preside over the interment of the late Ghanaian leader Kwame Nkrumah.
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President Victoria Tolbert was killed in the coup d'etat on 12 April 1980.
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Victoria Tolbert was ultimately freed and allowed to leave for the United States.
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In November 1997, Victoria Tolbert died of a heart attack in Plymouth.
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Victoria Tolbert was interred at Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.