Schraff, Anne E.

Women of peace : Nobel Peace Prize winners / Anne Schraff. - Hillside, N.J. : Enslow Publishers, c1994. - 112 p. : ill ; 24 cm. - Collective biographies . - Collective biographies. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-110) and index.

Baroness von Suttner : Peace Bertha -- Jane Addams : an extremist for peace -- Emily Greene Balch : the planetary citizen -- Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams : guerrillas for peace -- Mother Teresa : Saint of the gutter -- Alva Myrdal : conscience of disarmament -- Daw Aung San Suu Kyi : heroine of the "Golden Land" -- Rigoberta Menchu : to share the dream of peace.

Booklist. School Library Journal. Wilson's Junior High School.

Photographs and text explore the lives, goals, and accomplishments of the nine unique women who have won the Nobel Prize for Peace.

7.3 Follett Library Resources. 5-8 Follett Library Resources. 7-9 Baker & Taylor.

0894904930 (lib. bdg.)

93037429


Nobel Prizes--Juvenile literature.
Pacifists--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Peace--Awards--Juvenile literature.
Nobel Prizes.
Pacifists.
Women--Biography.
Nobel Prizes.
Pacifists--Biography.
Women--Biography.

JX1962.A2 / S37 1994

327.1/72/0922 B 920