Women Nobel Peace Prize Winners, 2d ed.

by Anita Price Davis, Marla J. Selvidge

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786499175
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	12/17/2015
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

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. Marla J. Selvidge is a professor emerita at University of Central Missouri. She has written widely on the fields of feminist studies and religious studies.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Foreword Regina Birchem 1

Preface 5

Alfred Nobel and the Peace Prize 7

Women Nobel Peace Prize Winners

1905: "The Peace Fury" Bertha von Suttner 23

1931: "The Most Dangerous Woman in America" Jane Addams 41

1946: Social Worker, Teacher, Pacifist, Practical Idealist Emily Greene Balch 62

1976: Unlikely Peacemakers in Ireland Mairead Corrigan Maguire Elizabeth (Betty) Williams 88

1979: Icon of the Oppressed Mother Teresa (Agnes G. Bohjaxhiu) 102

1982: Diplomat, Teacher, Writer, Pioneer Feminist, Peace Advocate, Wife, Mother Alva Reimer Myrdal 114

1991: Political Leader, Prisoner, Pacifist Aung San Suu Kyi 139

1992: Advocate for Human Rights; Activist for Indigenous People Rigoberta Menchu Turn 155

1997: Advocate for the Banning and Clearing of Anti-Personnel Mines Jody Williams 172

2003: A New Prophetic Voice in Iran Shirin Ebadi 182

2004: To Plant Is to Empower Wangari Muta Maathai 192

2011: Africa's First Woman President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf 203

2011: Activist and Founder of Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace Leymah R. Gbowee 208

2011: Mother of the Yemen Revolution Tawakkol Abdel-Salam Karman 213

2014: A Fearless Voice for Children Malala Yousafzai 220

Appendix: Nobel Peace Prize Winners by Year, 1901-2014 227

Index 237

Editorial Reviews

enlightening”—ARBA; Reviews of the first edition: “[the authors] are to be applauded for their research and their dedication”—Spartanburg Herald-Journal.

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