Mighty be our Powers : : how Sisterhood, Prayer, and sex Changed a Nation at war : a Memoir
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In a time of death and terror, Leymah Gbowee brought Liberia's women together--and together they led a nation to peace. As a young woman, Gbowee was broken by the Liberian civil war, a brutal conflict that tore apart her life and claimed the lives of countless relatives and friends. As a young mother trapped in a nightmare of domestic abuse, she found the courage to turn her bitterness into action, propelled by her realization that it is women who suffer most during conflicts--and that the power of women working together can create an unstoppable force. In 2003, the passionate and charismatic Gbowee helped organize and then led the Liberian Mass Action for Peace, a coalition of Christian and Muslim women who sat in public protest, confronting Liberia's ruthless president and rebel warlords, and even held a sex strike. With an army of women, Gbowee helped lead her nation to peace.--From publisher description.
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PUBLISHED
London : Perseus Running [distributor], c2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: x, 246 p., [4] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780984295159
0984295151
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Mithers, Carol.
SUBJECTS
Gbowee, Leymah.
Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace.
Women political activists -- Liberia -- Biography.
Women pacifists -- Liberia -- Biography.
Women -- Liberia -- Social conditions.
Peace movements -- Liberia.
Violence -- Liberia.
Liberia -- History -- Civil War, 1999-2003.
Liberia -- History -- Civil War, 1989-1996.