Facts: - profession: economist businessperson activist - website: leymahgbowee.com - known for: women pray the devil back to hell '' of liberia mass action for peace and '' - caption: gbowee styer/emu '' -rrb- in 2011 -lrb- '' photo credit : jon - birth name: leymah roberta gbowee - education: aa of health sciences , monrovia , liberia ; ma in degree conflict transformation , eastern mennonite university , harrisonburg , virginia in , usa social work , mother patern college - awards: 2011 nobel peace prize - birth date: 01 february 1972 - name: leymah gbowee - nationality: liberian - image: leymah-gbowee-at-emu-press-conference . jpg - birth place: central liberia - religion: christian -lrb- lutheranism -rrb- - occupation: peace activist Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of leymah gbowee .
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leymah roberta gbowee -lrb- born 1 february 1972 -rrb- is a liberian peace activist responsible for leading a women 's peace movement that helped bring an end to the second liberian civil war in 2003 .her efforts to end the war , along with her collaborator ellen johnson sirleaf , helped usher in a period of peace and enabled a free election in 2005 that sirleaf won .this made liberia the first african nation to have a female president .she , along with ellen johnson sirleaf and tawakkul karman , were awarded the 2011 nobel peace prize '' for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women 's rights to full participation in peace-building work . ''an article on gbowee in '' '' painted this backdrop : the liberian civil war , which lasted from 1989 to 2003 with only brief interruptions , was the result of economic inequality , a struggle to control natural resources , and deep-rooted rivalries among various ethnic groups , including the descendants of the freed american slaves who founded the country in 1847 .the war involved the cynical use of child soldiers , armed with lightweight kalashnikovs , against the country 's civilian population .at the center of it all was charles taylor , the ruthless warlord who initiated the first fighting and would eventually serve as liberian president until he was forced into exile in 2003 .