Full Description
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 in its second edition provides a detailed look at the lives and accomplishments of each of these sixteen Prize winners. They did not expect recognition or fame for their work--economist Emily Greene Balch (1946) was surprised to learn that anyone knew about her. But they did not work in isolation: all met with discouragement, derision, threats or--in Yousafazi's case--attempted murder and exile. A history of the Prize and a biographical sketch of Alfred Nobel are included.
Contents
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
