"When We Are Bold: Women Who Turn Our Upsidedown World Right is a collection of 29 essays by notable woman from around the world, each of whom writes about a woman peacemaker of the past 100 years who has inspired her. The contributing authors include writers Alexandra Fuller, Julia Alvarez, Madeleine Thein, Louise Knight and Zubedia Jaffer. The women being profiled include pioneer women's right activist Jane Addams, Nobel peace laureate Wangari Maathai, the Maribal sisters of the Dominican Republic, Chinese activist Ding Zilin and South African "mother of black freedom" Charlotte Manye Maxeke."--