Leymah Gbowee

Why this record matters

Impact and significance

The movement shows women working across religious differences under specific wartime conditions. Matria treats that cooperation as documented political organising, not proof that any religion or care alone can end war.

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Works in the archive

• Led the Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace (2003)
• awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (2011)
• Mighty Be Our Powers (2011)

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Sources and access

• Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Prize biographical record
• Gbowee, Leymah, with Carol Mithers. Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War. Beast Books, 2011.Bibliographic reference. Consult the named edition through a library or publisher.

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