Judith Hicks Stiehm

Champions for Peace

Women Winners of the Nobel Peace Prize

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Produktbeschreibung

Judith Stiehm narrates the remarkable stories of the women who have won the Nobel Prize for Peace. The new edition includes the compelling life of Malala Yousafzai-who was awarded the prize in 2014. Engaged and inspirational, all of these women clearly demonstrate that there is something each of us can do to advance a just, positive peace.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Third Edition
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 661g
• ISBN-13: 9781538118993
• ISBN-10: 1538118998
• Artikelnr.: 53214480

Autorenporträt

By Judith Hicks Stiehm

Inhaltsangabe

Preface In the Tradition of Lysistrata-Women Champions for Peace Chapter 1
Bertha von Suttner: Noble Woman and Nobel Friend Chapter 2 Jane Addams:
"The Greatest Woman Who Ever Lived" Chapter 3 Emily Greene Balch: The
Dismissed Professor Chapter 4 Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan:
Sisterhood Created by Tragedy Chapter 5 Mother Teresa: From Macedonia to
India and Sainthood Chapter 6 Alva Myrdal: World Diplomat Chapter 7 Aung
San Suu Kyi: Resisting by Staying Home Chapter 8 Rigoberta Menchú Tum: A
Story That Broke the World's Heart Chapter 9 Jody Williams: Internet
Activist Chapter 10 Shirin Ebadi: Muslim Judge Chapter 11 Wangari Muta
Maathai: Kenya's "Green" Doctor Chapter 12 Tawakkol Karman, Leymah Gbowee,
and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf: 2011, the Year of the Women Chapter 13 Malala
Yousafzai: A Near Martyr Conclusion Champions All Epilogue Questions for
U.S. and Non-U.S. Readers Selected Bibliography Index About the Author