Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War

by Leymah Gbowee

Book Overview

The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize shares her inspirational, powerful story of how a group of women working together created an unstoppable force that brought peace to Liberia.

As a young woman, Leymah Gbowee was broken by the Liberian civil war, a brutal conflict that destroyed her country and claimed the lives of countless relatives and friends. Propelled by her realization that it is women and girls who suffer most during conflicts,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0984295194
• ISBN13: 9780984295197
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Beast Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 16 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 11 to 6