Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword to the Series: Junctures: Case Studies in Women’s Leadership vii
4. Preface xi
5. Acknowledgments xvii
6. Eleanor Roosevelt: Negotiating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1
7. Daisy Bates: The NAACP 23
8. Wangari Maathai: Kenyan Environmental and Democratic Movements 39
9. Aileen Clarke Hernandez: Advocate for Black Women’s Leadership 60
10. Mirna Cunningham: Indigenous Women and Revolutionary Change in Nicaragua 82
11. Gloria Steinem: Getting the Message Out 97
12. Audre Lorde: Black, Lesbian, Feminist, Mother, Poet Warrior 118
13. Charlotte Bunch: Leading from the Margins as a Global Activist for Women’s Rights 139
14. Dázon Dixon Diallo: Feminism and the Fight to Combat HIV/AIDS 161
15. Cecile Richards: Leading Planned Parenthood in the New Millennium 177
16. Bhairavi Desai: Organizing Immigrant Labor through a Feminist Lens 195
17. Thuli Madonsela: Whispering Truth to Power 217
18. Contributors 241
19. Index 249