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Author:

Stiehm, Judith.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Rowman & Littlefield,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xvi, 233 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Pacifists--Biography.
Nobel prizes--History.
Women and peace--History.
Peace--History.--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-230) and index.

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

9780742540262 (pbk. : alk. paper)
074254026X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780742540255 (cloth : alk. paper)
0742540251 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)63171049

LCCN:

2006001754

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)