In today’s media-saturated world, our definition of courage has shifted toward rating-generating displays of heroism, causing us to lose sight of what it means to be truly brave with our voice, our stories, and our truth. When We Are Bold is not only a celebration of women peacemakers and the activists they’ve inspired, it is a call to courage. A call to all of us who have allowed activism to be defined as something that other people do, to those of us who have orphaned our voice and our story, and to every woman and man who has struggled or borne witness to injustices that left their hearts flooded with truth and stories that need to be spoken. When We Are Bold: Women Who Turn Our UpsideDown World Right is a collection of 28 short profiles of women who boldly work for change by the women writers, thinkers and doers they inspire. This unique collection will bring you up-close and personal to famous women from around the world – including Jane Goodall, Nawal El Saadawi, Gloria Steinem and Wangari Maathai—as well as to women who should be famous. These stories, and the women who tell them, are proof that ordinary women do extraordinary things.