{{Short description|First Lady of Liberia from 1980 to 1990}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Nancy Doe | image = | office = First Lady of Liberia | president = Samuel Doe | term_start = 12 April 1980 | term_end = 9 September 1990 | predecessor = Victoria Tolbert | successor = Jewel Taylor | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date text|1949}} | birth_place = Zwedru, Liberia | death_date = {{death date and given age|2025|5|21|76|df=y}} | death_place = Monrovia, Liberia | other_names = | party = | spouse = {{unbulleted list | {{marriage|Samuel Doe|<!--unknown-->|1990|end=died}} }} | resting_place = | known_for = | occupation = | signature = | alma_mater = }}

'''Nancy Bohn Doe''' (1949 – 21 May 2025) was the first lady of Liberia.

==Biography== 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.<ref name = "dictionary"/> The Nancy B. Doe Market, in Jorkpeh Town, Sinkor, was established in her honor.<ref>{{cite web |last=Azango|first=Mae|url=https://frontpageafricaonline.com/news/2016news/nancy-doe-market-is-for-market-women-not-ecobank-nancy-doe/|title= "Nancy Doe Market Is For Market Women Not Ecobank" – Nancy Doe|publisher=FrontPage Africa|date=10 January 2018|access-date=11 September 2022}}</ref> In June 1983, during a visit to the United States, Doe helped establish scholarship opportunities for Liberian students at Chicago State University.<ref name = "dictionary">{{cite book |last1=Dunn|first1= Elwood D.|last2=Beyan|first2=Amos J.|last3=Burrowes|first3=Carl Patrick|date=2000|title=Historical Dictionary of Liberia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qt0_RrW8ghkC|language=English |page=111}}</ref><ref name="jet">{{cite book |date=5 March 1985|title=Jet|volume= 65|number= 26 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ybADAAAAMBAJ|language=English |page=22|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web |last=Azango|first=Mae|url=https://frontpageafricaonline.com/news/liberia-wife-of-slain-president-doe-accuses-senator-sherman-of-forcefully-taking-her-property/|title= Liberia: Wife of Slain Pres. Doe Accuses Senator Sherman of Seizing Her Property|publisher=FrontPage Africa|date=23 August 2018|access-date=11 September 2022}}</ref> 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 $18&nbsp;million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=18000000|start_year=2019}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) U.S. dollars.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://frontpageafricaonline.com/news/ecowas-court-orders-liberian-govt-to-pay-us18m-as-compensation-to-nancy-doe/|title= ECOWAS Court Orders Liberian Gov't to Pay US$18M as Compensation to Nancy Doe|publisher=FrontPage Africa|date=16 March 2019|access-date=11 September 2022}}</ref> As of 2020, Doe was yet to be paid the money ordered by the court.<ref name = "reburial"/> Also in 2020, Doe called for her husband to be given a state reburial.<ref name = "reburial">{{cite web |last=Genoway|first=Edwin Jr.|url=https://frontpageafricaonline.com/news/liberia-ex-pres-doe-wife-wants-him-reburied-pleads-with-govt-for-due-benefits/|title=Liberia: Ex-Pres. Doe Wife Wants Him Reburied; Pleads with Govt. For Due Benefits|publisher=FrontPage Africa|date=5 August 2020|access-date=11 September 2022}}</ref>

Doe died at her residence Monrovia, Liberia, on 21 May 2025, at the age of 76.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://smartnewsliberia.com/former-first-lady-nancy-doe-reportedly-dies-at-her-sinkor-residence/|title=Former First Lady Nancy Doe Reportedly Dies at her Sinkor Residence|publisher=Smart News Liberia|date=21 May 2025|access-date=21 May 2025}}</ref>

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