Theresa Amerley Tagoe (born on December 13, 1943[1] – November 25, 2010) also known as Iron Lady[2] was a Ghanaian female politician and a leading member of the New Patriotic Party and a former Member of Parliament of the Ablekuma South Constituency.

[8] Tagoe owned a girls' secretarial school that included French in its curriculum, as well as starting charitable programs including one to help orphaned and street girls learn productive trades and a micro-credit loan program for women marketing dried fish on the streets of Accra.

[9] Theresa Tagoe was also the deputy Greater Accra Regional Minister and deputy Minister of Lands, Forestry and Mines under the erstwhile John Kufuor's administration.

[2] Tagoe was also one time national women's organizer of the New Patriotic Party.

She obtained 39.90% of the total votes cast which is equivalent to 47,644 votes by defeating Ebo Hawkson of the National Democratic Congress who obtained 35.70% which is equivalent to 42,568 votes Tagoe served as a member of Council of State and was a lifelong member of the Council of Women World Leaders.