Women with Nobel Laureates
Nobel Prize Women
1. Baroness Bertha Sophie Felicita von Suttner, 
Austria 1905
Honorary President of Permanent International Peace Bureau, Berne, Switzerland. She worked hard to gain support for the Czar's Manifesto and the Hague Peace Conference of 1899. Author of Lay Down Your Arms.
2. Jane Addams,
USA 1931 
Sociologist; International President of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
She was at her time the country's most prominent woman through her writing, her settlement work, and her international efforts for world peace.
3. Emily Greene Balch, USA 1946
Formerly Professor of History and Sociology.
Honorary International President of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, WILPF.
4. BETTY WILLIAMS and 5. MAIREAD CORRIGAN, Ireland 1976
Betty Williams was co-leader of the Peace People with Mairead Corrigan, the two women sharing the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize. As the Peace People went into decline she became estranged from Ms Corrigan. She has since been active in various international peace projects.
6. Mother Teresa, India 1979
Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje, Macedonia.
She opened the first Home for the dying, in space made available by the City of Calcutta.
For her devotion to the poor.
7. Alva Myrdal, Sweden 1982
From 1950 to 1955 she was chairman of UNESCO 's social social science section - the first woman to hold such prominent positions in the UN.
8. AUNG SAN SUU KYI, Burma 1991 
A nonviolent pro- democracy activist and leader of the National League for Democracy in Myanmar (Burma), and as a Buddhist, a noted prisoner of conscience.
For her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights.
9. RIGOBERTA MENCHU TUM, Guatemala 1992
Rigoberta was born to a poor Indian peasant family and raised in the 
Quiche branch of the Mayan culture.
Over the years, Rigoberta Menchú has become widely known as a leading advocate of Indian rights.
In recognition of her work for social justice and ethno-cultural reconciliation based on respect for the rights of indigenous peoples.
10. JODY WILLIAMS, USA, 1997
A professor, she won the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize along with the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, which she headed and which grew to encompass more than 1,000 separate organisations.
Forbes magazine included her in its list of the world's 100 most powerful women.
11. SHIRIN EBADI, Iran, 2003 
For promoting the rights of women and children in Iran. She became the country's first female judge in 1975 but retired after the Islamic revolution.
Her Nobel citation said: "She has stood up as ... a courageous person who has never heeded threats to her safety."
12. WANGARI MUTA MAATHAI, Kenya 2004
The first woman in East and Central Africa to earn a doctorate degree. For her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace.
Nobel Peace Prize to three women's activists, 2011
13. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia,
14. Leymah Gbowee, Jemen,
15. Tawakkul Karman, Liberia, 2011
The recipients demonstrate the vital role that women play in advancing peace and security, boosting development and securing human rights around the globe.
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