| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1931 |
| Number: | 2 - 2 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Jane Addams |
| Gender: | F |
| Year, Birth: | 1860 |
| Year, Death: | 1935 |
| Profession: | Social reformer and pacifist. Author. Leader of the American settlement house movement. Co-founder of WILPF. |
| City: | Chicago |
| State: | IL |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1931 |
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| Motivation: | Addams was the co-founder and president of the Women's Peace Party (1915). In 1915 she attended the Women's Peace Conference at The Hague, and she was elected president of the International Committee of Women for Permanent Peace. After the conference Addams and several of the delegates went on a peace mission to the European political leaders and to the American president. Addams was elected president of the newly formed Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) at the second Women's Peace Conference in 1919. She presided over the 4th regular peace conference held by the WILPF in Washington in 1924. It adopted a manifesto stating that civilization can only be rebuilt on international justice, renouncing the Treaty of Versailles. It furthermore demanded democratic control over foreign policy, social peace and a stronger international organization. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Adolf Heilberg |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Member of the Commission of the Permanent International Peace Bureau. |
| City: | Breslau (Wrocław) |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
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| Comments: |
Addams founded several settlement houses, most notably Hull House in Chicago. Her aim was to improve the living conditions of immigrants and working class people through educational and philantropic activities.
Addams was on the short list, but no new evaluation was requested.
Heilberg also nominated the Permanent International Peace Bureau, but Addams was his primary choice.
Breslau was part of Germany. In August 1945 Breslau became part of Poland and the name was changed to Wroclaw. |
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