ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts covered in the preceding chapters of this book. The book addresses women's involvement in various types of political violence and terrorism, that women's agency, while often called into question, should be examined on a case by case basis. Women have been involved in acts of political violence and terrorism for centuries; however, it has often been assumed that women are involved in these acts due to emotional and therefore less rational or strategic reasons than men. By examining macrolevel, mesolevel, and microlevel factors a more complete picture has emerged of women's involvement in left-wing, right-wing, national liberation, ethnonational, and suicide bombing political violence and terrorism. While exploring the role women have played in political violence and terrorism women's roles in radical Islamist movements are an area which certainly deserves more scholarly attention.
