Mighty be our powers
Subtitle: how sisterhood, prayer, and sex changed a nation at war : a memoir
By: Leymah Gbowee with Carol Mithers
Contributors: Mithers, Carol
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Sydney, N.S.W
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780732294083
Subjects: Women political activists; Biography; Women pacifists; Women; Social conditions; Peace movements; Violence; History; Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes index.