Jeanne Gervais, née Jeanne Ahou Siefer-N’Dri (June 6, 1922 – December 9, 2012) was an Ivorian politician and the first woman minister in Côte d'Ivoire.
[1] Born in Grand-Bassam, Gervais was the daughter of a French father and a Baoulé mother.
[1] Trained as a teacher at the École normal de Rufisque,[4] she became one of three women, alongside Hortense Aka-Anghui and Gladys Anoma, elected to the National Assembly immediately after independence.
[2] In 1976, she was named head of the Ministry of Women's Affairs, remaining in that role until 1984 and becoming the first woman to serve in the Ivorian cabinet.
[1] She was also active for many years as president of the Association des Femmes Ivoiriennes.