After Jeri Laber earned a Master\'s degree in Russian studies at Columbia University, she became a part-time writer and editor and a full-time wife and mother.
The Courage of Strangers tells how Laber became a founder and the executive director of Helsinki Watch, which grew to be Human Rights Watch, one of the world\'s most influential organiza.
Then one day in 1973 she read an article about torture that altered her life and subsequently the lives of countless others around the world.
After Jeri Laber earned a Master\'s degree in Russian studies at Columbia University, she became a part-time writer and editor and a full-time wife and mother