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Women Nobel Peace Prize winners /

"From Bertha von Suttner (1905) to Wangari Maathai (2004), this work provides a detailed look at the lives and accomplishments of 12 female recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize. Each biography, while presenting an overall picture of the subject's life, naturally concentrates upon the work t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Davis, Anita Price
Other Authors: Selvidge, Marla J., 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2006]
Subjects:
Pacifists > Biography.
Nobel Prizes > History.
Women and peace > History.
Peace > Awards > History.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Bertha von Suttner (1905)
  • Jane Addams (1931)
  • Emily Greene Balch (1946)
  • Mairead Corrigan Maguire and Elizabeth (Betty) Williams
  • Mother Teresa (Agnes G. Bohjaxhiu) (1979)
  • Alva Reimer Myrdal (1982)
  • Aung San Suu Kyi (1991)
  • Rigoberta Menchú Tum (1992)
  • Jody Williams (1997)
  • Shirin Ebadi (2003)
  • Wangari Muta Maathai (2004).