Gladys Anoma

Gladys Anoma (1930 – October 26, 2006) was a scientist, professor and politician from the Ivory Coast in West Africa.

Life Anoma was born the daughter of Joseph Anoma, and while she later became known as Gladys Anoma, she was given the name Bonful Gladys Rose Anoma at birth. from the Sorbonne, in Paris, France, and she also visited Tunisia, Germany, England, Ethiopia, Morocco and Ghana before she reached 37 years of age. A remembrance ceremony was held at Saint Jacques Church Two Plateaux for Anoma in 2016, 10 years after her death. She was co-author of an article on Ivorian flora that appeared in 1971. Politically, along with Jeanne Gervais and Hortense Aka-Anghui, she was one of three women elected to the Ivorian National Assembly immediately after independence; she served as the body's vice-president from 1975 until 1989. She was secretary-general of the Association des Femmes Ivoriennes (Association for Ivorian Women) for many years.

Publication

Kammacher, Paul, Adjanohoun, Edouard, Assi, L Ake, Anoma, Gladys. LA FLORE AGROSTOLOGIQUE DE COTE D'IVOIRE. Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung München. 10, 1971, p 30-37. H. Merxmüller. München.