"Women of the Storm pulls back the analytical curtain on one of the most unusual post-Katrina political movements. Drawing on firsthand observations and in-depth interviews, David reveals how privileged white New Orleans women used their philanthropic and volunteer skills to create a genuinely interracial alliance that could effectively pressure members of Congress to invest in the city's and the whole coastal region's revival. Here is a book for anyone doing intersectional digging into gendered social movements, congressional lobbying, or postdisaster politics."–Cynthia Enloe, author of Seriously! Investigating Crashes and Crises as if Women Mattered