Summer 2005
Women of war
Chaos. Atrocities. Rape. Murder. Swanee Hunt ’72 didn’t expect to encounter these when she became ambassador to Austria in 1993. But when war broke out next door in the Balkans, Hunt stepped in. The women, especially, touched her soul, so she recorded their stories. She watched while they fought their battles and struggled to rebuild their lives and homes. From this, Hunt’s newest book, This Was Not Our War: Bosnian Women Reclaiming the Peace was born.