Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize | |
Year: | 1956 |
Number: | 28 - 1 |
Nominee: |
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Name: | Women´s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) |
City: | Geneva |
Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
Nominator: |
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Name: | Emily Greene Balch |
Gender: | F |
Year, Birth: | 1867 |
Year, Death: | 1961 |
Profession: | Peace Prize Laureate 1946 |
Comments: | WLPF was founded in April 1915. Gertrude Baer was also nominated in 1955 for her work in WILPF. Two of the founding members, Jane Addams and Emily Greene Balch, received the Nobel Peace Prize, respectively in 1931 and 1946. Nominated together with Gertrude Baer. Also nominated in 1955 |