Mighty Be Their Powers
How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War
WINNER OF THE 2011 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
I n 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, Leymah 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. Years of fighting destroyed her country--and shattered Gbowee's girlhood hopes and dreams. 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 ofwomen 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--in the process emerging as an international leader who changed history. Mighty Be Our Powers is the gripping chronicle of a journey from hopelessness to empowerment that will touch all who dream of a better world.
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Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace.
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Liberia -- History -- Civil War, 1989-1996.
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BIOGRAPHY Gbowee, Leymah | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |