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Champions for peace : women winners of the Nobel Peace Prize / Judith Hicks Stiehm.

Stiehm, Judith.
2006
303.66082 S855c 2006
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Title
Champions for peace : women winners of the Nobel Peace Prize / Judith Hicks Stiehm.
Author
Stiehm, Judith.
ISBN
0742540251 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780742540255 (cloth : alk. paper)
074254026X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780742540262 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Imprint
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2006.
Language
English
Description
xvi, 233 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 23 cm.
Call Number
303.66082 S855c 2006
System Control No.
(OCoLC)63171049
(OCoLC)63171049
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-230) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Preface: In the tradition of Lysistrata : women champions for peace
Bertha von Suttner : noble woman and noble friend
Jane Addams : "the greatest woman who ever lived"
Emily Greene Balch : the dismissed professor
Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan : sisterhood created by tragedy
Mother Teresa : from Macedonia to India
Alva Myrdal : world diplomat
Aung San Suu Kyi : resisting by staying home
Rigoberta Menchú Tum : a story that broke the world's heart
Jody Williams : Internet activist
Shirin Ebadi : Muslim judge
Wangari Muta Maathai : Kenya's "green" doctor
Conclusion: Champions all.
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