McKenna also identifies the lesser-known role of women as active leaders who push for change, featuring many examples of women who have worked on behalf of the powerless, from well-known figures such Rosa Parks, Dorothy Day, and Joan Baez to Marla Ruzicka, who was killed in 2005 while ministering to civilians in Iraq, and Marguerite Barankitse, who runs a home for war orphans in Burundi.