Pop Quiz Women who've won the Nobel Peace Prize
Last year's awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize was a rarity, as it was divided among three women: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee of Liberia, and Tawakkol Karman of Yemen. Match up previous female winners of the award, which was first presented in 1901, with the year they were honored.
Last year's awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize was a rarity, as it was divided among three women: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee of Liberia, and Tawakkol Karman of Yemen. Match up previous female winners of the award, which was first presented in 1901, with the year they were honored.
1. Jane Addams.
2. Emily Greene Balch.
3. Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams.
4. Shirin Ebadi.
5. Wangari Maathai.
6. Rigoberta Menchu.
7. Alva Myrdal.
8. Baroness Bertha Sophie Felicita von Suttner.
9. Aung San Suu Kyi.
10. Mother Teresa.
11. Jody Williams.
a. 1905.
b. 1931.
c. 1946.
d. 1976.
e. 1979.
f. 1982.
g. 1991.
h. 1992.
i. 1997.
j. 2003.
k. 2004.
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