Serena Cosgrove is an assistant professor in the humanities at Seattle University. Previously she worked with the AVINA Foundation, building a knowledge management program for staff and partners throughout Latin America.

• Acknowledgements1 Women and Civil Society Leadership in Latin America2 The Emergence of Civil Society in Argentina, Chile, and El Salvador3 Argentina4 Chile5 El Salvador6 Policy Implications of Women's Civil Society Leadership in Latin AmericaAppendix: Organizations of IntervieweesNotesBibliographyIndex

"Serena Cosgrove effectively captures the dynamics of women's civil society organizing in this carefully written book. Her excellent and compelling ethnographic explorations are bound to inspire reflection, action, and committed scholarship." - Elisabeth Jay Friedman (University of San Francisco) "In the face of seemingly relentless violence, the portraits of women activists in Cosgrove's Leadership from the Margins offers insight into some of the more public dimensions of women's empowerment and resistance."(Qualitative Sociology) "Cosgrove's strongest material depicts how women activists handle gender issues when they are called to class, revolutionary, or ethnic struggles. Her update in each country's women's movenemt is also nicely done. Recommended."(Choice)