Esther Afua Ocloo

"Women must know that the strongest power in the world is economic power"

"I don’t listen, “My main goal is to help my fellow women. If they make better marmalade than me, I deserve the competition."

"On what would have been her 98th birthday, today’s Doodle shows Esther empowering the women of Ghana with the tools to improve their lives and communities ."

"”I was ridiculed by all my classmates, who saw me hawking marmalade on the street like an uneducated street vendor.”"

"”You cannot go and be begging to your husband for every little thing, but at the moment, that’s what the majority of our women do.”"

"”My main goal is to help my fellow women. If they make better marmalade than me, I deserve the competition.”"