Table of Contents

Preface: In the Tradition of Lysistrata—Women Champions for Peace
Chapter 1: Bertha von Suttner: Noble Woman and Nobel Friend
Chapter 2: Jane Addams: “The Greatest Woman Who Ever Lived”
Chapter 3: Emily Greene Balch: The Dismissed Professor
Chapter 4: Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan: Sisterhood Created by Tragedy
Chapter 5: Mother Teresa: From Macedonia to India
Chapter 6: Alva Myrdal: World Diplomat
Chapter 7: Aung San Suu Kyi: Resisting by Staying Home
Chapter 8: Rigoberta Menchú Tum: A Story That Broke the World’s Heart
Chapter 9: Jody Williams: Internet Activist
Chapter 10: Shirin Ebadi: Muslim Judge
Chapter 11: Wangari Muta Maathai: Kenya’s “Green” Doctor
Chapter 12: Tawakkol Karman, Leymah Gbowee, and Ellen Sirleaf Johnson: 2011, the Year of the Women
Conclusion: Champions All
Epilogue: Questions for U.S. and Non-U.S. Readers
Selected Bibliography

About the Author

Judith Hicks Stiehm is professor of political science at Florida International University.