Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Fall 2019

Course Name

Backwards and In Heels

Faculty

Jeanne Buckley

Department

First Year Seminar, Arcadia University Undergraduate Curriculum

Abstract

This paper describes the founding of peace activist Leymah Gbowee’s Liberia Mass Action for Peace (LMAP) movement that helped to end the Second Liberian Civil War. It provides a biographical account of the life experiences that were crucial for Gbowee to advocate for peace and found the movement. The paper also compares the LMAP movement with the more recent #MeToo movement and analyzes Gbowee’s personal critiques of #MeToo.

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