Distinguished female figures in the modern world. Rosa Parks, Rosa Luxembourg, Karen Olsen De Figueres, Maria Teresa Roxas, Alexandra Tolstoy and Ludmila Zhivkova: women from different eras, different continents and different social backgrounds, with in common an indomitable will for justice, a refusal to bow to bullying, and the courage of compassion. Daisaku Ikeda, particularly sensitive to the importance of women, to whom he ascribes a pivotal role in our age and the age to come, speaks of them in this collection of speeches. He states repeatedly that in order to build an era of peace and prosperity, it is essential that women come out of the shadows to which they have been relegated for centuries and awaken to their unique and special mission.
