Doe was born in 1949 in
Zwedru,
Grand Gedeh County. She moved to
Monrovia in the 1960s, where she worked as a merchant. She married
Samuel Doe, who was in the
Liberian Armed Forces, in either 1968 or 1969. Together, they had four children. After Samuel gained control of Liberia in the
1980 coup d'état, Doe became first lady. As first lady, she established a national market women's association. In June 1983, during a visit to the United States, Doe helped establish scholarship opportunities for Liberian students at
Chicago State University. After her husband Samuel was executed in 1990, and the
First Liberian Civil War began, Doe went into exile. She returned to Liberia after the
second civil war, sometime before 2005. On 12 November 2016, Doe filed a lawsuit against the Liberian government to the
ECOWAS Court, claiming the government denied her access to the bank accounts of her deceased husband. In 2019, the court ruled in favor of Doe, ordering the government to pay Doe a sum of $18 million (~$ in ) U.S. dollars. As of 2020, Doe was yet to be paid the money ordered by the court. Doe died at her residence
Monrovia, Liberia, on 21 May 2025, at the age of 76. ==References==