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:	9781476622125
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	12/01/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	248
File size:	5 MB
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.
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

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

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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