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Female Nobel Peace Prize Winners 1905-2011
This year's trio brings to 15 the number of women awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The laureates are advocates against war and for the environment and the rights of women, children and the poor.
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1946: Emily Greene Balch, United States (with John Raleigh Mott). She was Professor of Sociology and Economics at Wellesley College and was a delegate to the International Congress of Women at The Hague.
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1931: Jane Addams, United States (Nicholas Murray Butler). An ardent feminist, she served as International President of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
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1905: Bertha von Suttner, Czech Republic. She was a peace activist who founded the Austrian Peace Society and authored Lay Down Your Arms.