The book is a great example of how we learn best through personal stories. The descriptions of the thirty-seven women featured in Tears of War emphasize the importance of never going to war and demonstrate the great strength and resilience of these women. The consequences of war, including displacement, horrific loss of life, devastation of the environment, PTSD, and the impact on climate change, should provoke us to serious thought, discussion, and action to never initiate war.
Ashley Gardner, Former NBC Broadcaster and Former Director of the Women’s Museum of California
Although drenched in tears of war, women can and do survive. Often they become the hope for families and communities; they manifest the promise of integrity for our world. Anne Hoiberg brings us thestories of immigrant women, as they open their own paths to justice and peace in their new homeland and on our shared planet.
Dee Aker, PHD, Former Director of the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice and Founder of the University of San Diego’s Women PeaceMakers Program
Tears of War is a professional book that brings the reader into an intimate and emotional connection with refugee women from many countries, allowing us to feel the courage, perseverance, resilience, and endurance of these women. It is also a very scholarly and historical book to be read by students and activists interested in politics, psychology, social work, sociology, and women’s studies. Beautiful photographs of the women and maps of their countries bring the writing to life for the reader. Anne Hoiberg, the author, has dedicated her life to social justice for women and historical research with passion and social activism, receiving recognition by the mayor of San Diego with a proclamation that established “Anne Hoiberg Women’s Rights Day” on August 31, 2021.
Linda Greischel, MSW, PHD, Author and Professor
Images of twenty of the women from the book. Click to enlarge the photograph.
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