What is Leymah Gbowee?
{{nobelprize|Peace}} [[File:Leymah-gbowee-at-emu-press-conference.jpg|thumb]] '''Leymah Roberta Gbowee''' (born 1 February 1972) is a [[Liberia|Liberian]] [[peace]] [[activist]]. In 2011 she won the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] with Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and [[Tawakel Karman]]. This made Gbowee the second [[African]] woman to win the prize. Her book ''Might Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War'' was published in 2011. ==Early life== Gbowee was born in central Liberia. She was living with her parents and sisters in [[Monrovia]] when the [[First Liberian Civil War]] started in 1989. Gbowee was 17 and planning to study medicine. The war made things unsafe for Gbowee and her family. Gbowee moved to Ghana and lived as a refugee there. She later fled back to Liberia. ==Personal life== Gbowee has eight children.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nobelwomensinitiative.org/laureate/leymah-gbowee/|title=Meet Nobel Peace laureate Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Women's Initiative|publisher=}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://leymahgbowee.com/index.html Official website] {{DEFAULTSORT:Gbowee, Leymah}} [[Category:1972 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Liberian people]] [[Category:Nonviolence advocates]] [[Category:Nobel Peace Prize winners]] {{bio-stub}} {{Nobel Peace Prize}}