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Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Eleanor Roosevelt and the universal declaration of human rights / Jo E. Butterfield and Blanche Wiesen Cook -- Daisy Bates and the NAACP / Bridget Gurtler -- Wangari Maathai and the Kenyan environmental and democratic movements / Rosemary Ndubuizu and Mary K. Trigg -- Aileen Clarke Hernandez : putting black women's issues in the forefront of the women's movement / Carolina Alonso Bejarano and Kim LeMoon -- Mirna Cunningham : indigenous women's rights and revolutionary change in Nicaragua / Miriam Tola and Alison Bernstein -- Gloria steinem : getting the message out "on the road and in the media" / Jeremy LaMaster and Mary K. Trigg -- Audre Lorde : "black, lesbian, feminist, mother, poet warrior" / Kathe Sandler and Beverly Guy-Sheftall -- Charlotte Bunch : leading from the margins as a global activist for women's rights / Mary K. Trigg and Stina Soderling -- Dazon Dixon Diallo : feminismáand the fight to combat HIV-AIDS / Stina Soderling and Alison Bernstein -- Cecile Richards : leading planned parenthood in the new millennium / Bridget Gurtler -- Bhairavi Desai : organizing immigrant labor with a feminist lens / C. Laura Lovin and Mary K. Trigg -- Thuli Madonsela : whispering truth to power / Taida Wolfe and Alison R. Bernstein -- Contributors -- Index

The case studies in Junctures in Women's Leadership: Social Movements introduce readers to twelve women from across the globe who have spearheaded a wide array of social movements, from gender equality to environmental justice. Examining how these women made sacrifices, asked critical questions, challenged injustice, and exhibited the will to act in the face of harsh criticism, these case studies also provide a unique window into the ways that women leaders make decisions at moments of struggle and historical change.