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How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War
Beast Books
September 2011
On Sale: September 13, 2011
256 pages
ISBN: 0984295151
EAN: 9780984295159
Kindle: B005ENJZL8
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Non-Fiction
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 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—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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