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Mighty be our powers, how sisterhood, prayer, and sex changed a nation at war : a memoir, Leymah Gbowee with Carole Mithers

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Mighty be our powers, how sisterhood, prayer, and sex changed a nation at war : a memoir, Leymah Gbowee with Carole Mithers

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrations

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mighty be our powers

Responsibility statement

Leymah Gbowee with Carole Mithers

Sub title

how sisterhood, prayer, and sex changed a nation at war : a memoir

Summary

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, 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

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