Some claim that the Arab Spring started with by the Cedar Revolution in Lebanon in 2005. Others say that the 2011 Arab Spring was instead motivated by the Cedar Revolution. Whether started with it or motivated by it, the Cedar Revolution is the only case in the context of the Arab Spring that provides some historical depth for analysis. It helps us answer an important question related to gender politics: Do women benefit from activism for national causes? The paper examines practical political opportunities that became available for women’s rights activists in Lebanon as a result of the Cedar Revolution. By deconstructing the conceptualization of gender and feminism in a Lebanese context, this paper reveals how women’s rights organizations were able to reformulate their demands for women’s rights within the context of activism for democracy, liberty and sovereignty in the private as well as the public sphere. To frame women’s activism in relations to the Cedar Revolution, I construct the historical, religious and political contexts in which the Cedar Revolution and the women’s movement were organized. I then describe the activists who were engaged in these two movements: What were their reasons or motivations? How and why did the movement mobilize? What resources did they possess in challenging the State? What were their toughest challenges? And what kinds of hopes does the future hold for these groups?