From the first woman Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Bertha von Suttner (1905), to the latest and youngest female Nobel laureate, Malala Yousafzai (2014), this book provides a detailed look at the lives and accomplishments of each of these 16 Prize winners. A history of the Prize and a biographical sketch of Alfred Nobel are included.
From the first woman Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Bertha von Suttner (1905), to the latest and youngest female Nobel laureate, Malala Yousafzai (2014), this book provides a detailed look at the lives and accomplishments of each of these 16 Prize winners. A history of the Prize and a biographical sketch of Alfred Nobel are included.
The late Anita Price Davis, a North Carolina native, Gold Star daughter, and Duke University graduate, retired as the Charles A. Dana Professor of Education Emerita after 36 years at Converse College, Spartanburg, South Carolina. She was the author of many historical books and articles.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by Regina Birchem Preface Alfred Nobel and the Peace Prize Women Nobel Peace Prize Winners Bertha von Suttner (1905 "The Peace Fury") Jane Addams delete(1931 "The Most Dangerous Woman in America") Emily Greene Balch delete (1946 Social Worker, Teacher, Pacifist, Practical Idealist) Mairead Corrigan Maguire and Elizabeth (Betty) Williams 1976 Unlikely Peacemakers in Ireland) Mother Teresa (Agnes G. Bohjaxhiu) delete (1979 Icon of the Oppressed) Alva Reimer Myrdal delete (1982 Diplomat, Teacher, Writer, Pioneer Feminist, Peace Advocate, Wife, Mother) Aung San Suu Kyi (1991 Political Leader, Prisoner, Pacifist) Rigoberta Menchú Tum delete (1992 Advocate for Human Rights; Activist for Indigenous People) Jody Williams (1997 Advocate for the Banning and Clearing of Anti-Personnel Mines) Shirin Ebadi (2003 A New Prophetic Voice in Iran) Wangari Muta Maathai 2004 To Plant Is to Empower) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (2011 Africa's First Woman President) Leymah R. Gbowee delete (2011 Activist and Founder of Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace) Tawakkol Abdel-Salam Karman (2011 Mother of the Yemen Revolution) Malala Yousafzai delete(2014 A Fearless Voice for Children) Appendix: Nobel Peace Prize Winners by Year, 1901-2014 Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by Regina Birchem Preface Alfred Nobel and the Peace Prize Women Nobel Peace Prize Winners Bertha von Suttner (1905 "The Peace Fury") Jane Addams delete(1931 "The Most Dangerous Woman in America") Emily Greene Balch delete (1946 Social Worker, Teacher, Pacifist, Practical Idealist) Mairead Corrigan Maguire and Elizabeth (Betty) Williams 1976 Unlikely Peacemakers in Ireland) Mother Teresa (Agnes G. Bohjaxhiu) delete (1979 Icon of the Oppressed) Alva Reimer Myrdal delete (1982 Diplomat, Teacher, Writer, Pioneer Feminist, Peace Advocate, Wife, Mother) Aung San Suu Kyi (1991 Political Leader, Prisoner, Pacifist) Rigoberta Menchú Tum delete (1992 Advocate for Human Rights; Activist for Indigenous People) Jody Williams (1997 Advocate for the Banning and Clearing of Anti-Personnel Mines) Shirin Ebadi (2003 A New Prophetic Voice in Iran) Wangari Muta Maathai 2004 To Plant Is to Empower) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (2011 Africa's First Woman President) Leymah R. Gbowee delete (2011 Activist and Founder of Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace) Tawakkol Abdel-Salam Karman (2011 Mother of the Yemen Revolution) Malala Yousafzai delete(2014 A Fearless Voice for Children) Appendix: Nobel Peace Prize Winners by Year, 1901-2014 Index
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