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Marie-Therese Houphouet-Boigny: First Lady of the Ivory Coast; 28 years after U.S. visit, glamorous grandmother is still making headlines.
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IT HAS been nearly three decades now since the then 31-year-old Mme.
Felix Houphouet-Boigny, wife of the president of the Ivory Coast, created a national stir when, at the invitation of President John Kennedy, she and her husband visited the United States. From the instant her foot touched U.S. soil, it seemed neither the American press nor public could get enough of her. When she appeared, heads turned, talk stopped, chins dropped.
In the tumble of events that defined her 10-day state visit, she was dubbed by an adoring press "Africa's Jackie." But however well-meaning that comparison, she was, in truth, more--much more--than an African version of Jackie Kennedy.
She was--is--her own woman, the standard by which others are measured.
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