People learn to lead because they care about something.

There is no issue that is not a women's issue.

Our very strength as lesbians lies in the fact that we are outside of patriarchy; our existence challenges its life.

We know that priorities are amiss in the world when a man gets a military medal of honor for killing another man and a dishonorable discharge for loving one.

We do not need, and indeed never will have, all the answers before we act ... It is often through taking action that we can discover some of them.

What is being called the UN 'gender architecture' is more like a shack. Women need a bigger global house if equality is ever to become a reality.

You Can't Kill the Spirit resonates with the voices and power of women around the globe who have refused to be either passive or violent but instead act firmly and imaginatively to oppose oppression in its many guises. A wonderful tonic for activists and a treasure for those who teach, these stories bring women's history to life.