Gladys Molefi Olebile Masire (30 July 1932 – 17 May 2013) was a Motswana teacher and political figure who served as the First Lady of Botswana from 1980 until 1998. Olebile Masire was born in 1932 in the village of Modimola, Mafikeng. She was the daughter of Mr. Fenkwane Mogwera and Mrs. Mabu Mogwera, who were both educated professionals, her father being a police constable and mother a qualified teacher. From her maternal side she belonged to the Kgosi Andrew Tawana-a-Tshidi mina tholo royal family As one of a family of three daughters she used to go to the lands at Disaneng, where she would milk and look after the cattle. She also learned to ride and take care of horses from her father. After graduating from she followed in her mother footsteps becoming a teacher for many years at Mafik