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Here you find links to websites for a selected
collection of 'Peacemakers.' This biography page is a
companion section to the Peacemakers
project at eduScapes
42explore. There you can find
hundreds of other 42explore projects . . . or you can
go directly to the Topic
Index or Subject
Index.
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- Index of
Peacemaker Biographies
- Heroines
of Peace: The Nine Nobel Women from Nobel
eMuseum
- http://www.nobel.se/peace/articles/heroines/index.html#anchor37685
- Here you find biographies of the nine women who
have been awarded a Nobel Peace Prize.
- Other Peacemaker Index Sites:
- 2) Learn About the Nobel Peace Laureates from
PeaceJam
- http://peacejam.org:8001/peacejam/laureates.shtml
- 3) Peace Heroes from Nuclear Age Peace
Foundation
- http://www.wagingpeace.org/hero/index2.html
- 4) Peacemakers from My Hero http://www.myhero.com/peacemakers/peacemakers_content.asp
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- Biographies of
Peacemakers
- Jane
Addams Hull-House Museum
- http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/hull_house.html
- The Museum, owned and operated by the University
of Illinois at Chicago, is a historic site and
memorial to Jane Addams, her innovative settlement
house programs and associates, and the neighborhood
they served.
- Related Websites:
- 2) Introduction to an Exhibit of Photographs of
Jane Addams, Her Family, and Hull-House
- http://www.swarthmore.edu/Library/peace/Exhibits/jane.addams/addams.index.htm
- 3) Jane Addams http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAaddams.htm
- 4) Jane Addams from Women in History
http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/adda-jan.htm
- 5) Jane Addams Biography from The Nobel
Foundation
- http://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/1931/addams-bio.html
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- Emily
Greene Balch: The First Quaker Nobel Peace Prize
Winner by I. Abrams
- http://www.irwinabrams.com/articles/balch.html
- This essay on the third woman to win a Nobel Peace
Price appeared in the December
- 1996 issue of Friends Journal.
- Other Websites for Emily Greene Balch:
- 2) Emily Greene Balch Biography from
Nobel eMuseum
- http://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/1946/balch-bio.html
- 3) Emily Green Balch: Peacemaker Hero http://www.myhero.com/hero.asp?hero=emilybalch
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- Jimmy
Carter Library and Museum in Atlanta, Georgia,
National Archives and Records
Administration
- http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.org/
- This website has information about Jimmy Carter,
his presidency, and career.
- Other Carter Websites:
- 2) Biography of James Earl Carter (1924 -) from
The American Revolution
- http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/jc39/about/jecbio.htm
- 3) James Earl Carter, Jr. from Infoplease
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0760623.html
- 4) James Earl Carter, Jr. from POTUS
http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS/jecarter.html
- 5) James Earl Carter: Peacemaker Hero http://www.myhero.com/hero.asp?hero=j_carter
- 6) Jimmy Carter http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jc39.html
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- His Holiness
The Dalai Lama from the The Government of
Tibet in Exile
- http://www.tibet.com/DL/
- This is a great site to begin research on the life
and work of the Dalai Lama.
- Other Links for the Dalai Lama:
- 2) 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso)
Biography from The Nobel Foundation
- http://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/1989/lama-bio.html
- 3) Dalai Lama and His Government in Exile by J.R.
Stanmeyer
- http://www.s2f.com/stanmeyer/dalai/dalai.html
- 4) Dalai Lama on China, Hatred, and Optimism with
R. Thurman for Mother Jones
- http://www.motherjones.com/mother_jones/ND97/thurman.html
- 5) His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet http://hhdl.dharmakara.net/
- 6) His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama http://www.dalailama.com/
- 7) His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet from
TibetNet http://www.tibet.net/eng/hhdl/
- 8) Dalai Lama: Winner of the 1989 Nobel Prize in
Peace http://almaz.com/nobel/peace/1989a.html
- 9) Private Dalai Lama by R. Gluckman http://www.gluckman.com/DalaiLama.html
- 10) Tenzin Gyatso: The 14th Dalai Lama from
Lucid Interactive
- http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96jul/dalailama.html
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- Nickole's
Home Page
- http://www.y2kyouth.org/nickole/
- 'How one person can make a difference!'
- Related Websites:
- 2) Nickole Evans: Peacemaker Hero http://www.myhero.com/hero.asp?hero=NickoleEvans
- 3) Nickole Evans http://www.youthlink.org/us/council_members.php#nickole_evans
- 4) Nickole Evans at Your True Hero
- http://www.yourtruehero.org/content/hero/view_hero.asp?14169
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- Adolfo
Pérez Esquivel from The Nobel
Foundation
- http://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/1980/esquivel-bio.html
- Learn about the Argentine advocate for peace.
- Other Websites on Adolfo Pérez
Esquivel:
- 2) Curriculum for PeaceJam with Adolfo
Pérez Esquivel
- http://peacejam.org:8001/peacejam/adolfo/
- 3) Opening the Doors of Hope in the New Millennium
by A.P. Esquivel at Letters to
- Future Generations http://www.unesco.org/opi2/lettres/TextAnglais/PEsquivelE.html
- 4) Presentation by Adolfo Pérez Esquivel,
June 5, 1998
- http://www.afsc.org/cuba/esquivle.htm
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- Official
Mahatma Gandhi eArchieve
- http://www.mahatma.org.in/
- This website contains writings, biography, and an
autobiography.
- Some Other Gandhi Websites:
- 2) Mahatma Gandhi: Freedom Hero http://www.myhero.com/hero.asp?hero=gandhi_ul
- 3) Mahatma Gandhi: His Life, Work, and Philosophy
http://www.mkgandhi.org/
- 4) Mahatma Gandhi: Indian Spiritual/Political
Leader and Humanitarian from Lucid
- Interactive http://www2.lucidcafe.com/lucidcafe/library/95oct/mkgandhi.html
- 5) Mahtma Gandhi: Peacemaker Hero http://www.myhero.com/hero.asp?hero=gandhi
- 6) The Man - The Mahatma (Silver Award, 1999
ThinkQuest Internet Challenge)
- http://library.thinkquest.org/26523/main.htm
- 7) Sacred Warrior by N. Mandela from
Time
- http://www.time.com/time/time100/poc/magazine/the_sacred_warrior13a.html
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- King
Center
- http://www.thekingcenter.org/
- The Center is dedicated to the advancement of the
legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., leader of
Americas greatest nonviolent movement for
justice, equality and peace.
- Other Websites for Dr. King:
- 2) Martin Luther King from eduScapes
42eXplore http://eduscapes.com/42explore/king.htm
- 3) Martin Luther King, Jr. from The Seattle
Times http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk/
- 4) Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project from
Stanford University http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/
- 5) Martin Luther King, Jr.: Peacemaker Hero
- http://www.myhero.com/hero.asp?hero=ml_king2
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- Ron
Kovic
- http://www.heroism.org/class/1970/kovic.html
- Learn about the Vietnam veteran whose life was
featured in the movie 'Born on the 4th of July.'
- Other Websites About Ron Kovic:
- 2) Behind Colin Powell's Legend: A Warning by R.
Parry & N. Solomon
- http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/colin1.html
- 3) Heroism, the Vietnam War, and the Legacy of
Peace by F. Shor, Amber Waves of
- Green http://awog.editthispage.com/stories/storyReader$32
- 4) Ron Kovic: Peacemaker Hero http://www.myhero.com/hero.asp?hero=kovic
- 5) Sgt. Ron Kovic from Military Advantage,
Inc.
- http://www.military.com/Content/MoreContent?file=ML_kovic_bkp
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- Peacemaker:
Máiread Corrigan Maguire from
UlsterLink
- http://www.ulsterlink.com/article1014.html
- Máiread Corrigan Maguire is a recipient of
the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation's Distinguished Peace
leadership Award, as well as a Nobel Prize for
Peace.
- Related Websites:
- 2) Curriculum for PeaceJam with Máiread
Corrigan Maguire
- http://peacejam.org:8001/peacejam/maguire/index.html
- 3) Máiread Corrigan Maguire by J. Dear from
the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
- http://www.wagingpeace.org/hero/mairead_corrigan_maguire.html
- 4) Máiread Corrigan Maguire by J. Dear from
The Peace People
- http://www.peacepeople.com/MaireadByJohnDear.htm
- 5) Review of The Vision of Peace by Máiread
Corrigan Maguire by F.P. Brinkman
- http://www.peacecouncil.org/rpc2sp99.html#anchor795747
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- Mandela
Page from the African National
Congress
- http://www.anc.org.za/people/mandela/
- Here you find a large collection of Mandela
resources.
- Other Websites on Nelson Mandela:
- 2) Facts On Nelson Mandela http://www.facts.com/cd/b94314.htm
- 3) Long Walk to Freedom http://archives.obs-us.com/obs/english/books/Mandela/Mandela.html
- 4) Long Walk of Nelson Mandela from PBS
Frontline
- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/mandela/
- 5) Nelson Mandela from Time http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/mandela.html
- 6) Nelson Mandela: Freedom Hero
- http://www.myhero.com/hero.asp?hero=nelsonMandela
- 7) Nelson Mandela: Winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize
in Peace
- http://almaz.com/nobel/peace/1993a.html
- 8) Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela http://www.anc.org.za/people/mandela.html
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- Rigoberta
Menchú Tum from The Nobel
Foundation
- http://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/1992/tum-bio.html
- Over the years, Rigoberta Menchú has become
widely known as a leading advocate of Indian rights
and ethno-cultural reconciliation, not only in
Guatemala but in the Western Hemisphere generally, and
her work has earned her several international
awards.
- Other Websites for Rigoberta
Menchú:
- 2) Interview with Rigoberta Menchú Tum from
Global Vision
- http://www.global-vision.org/interview/menchu.html
- 3) Interview with Rigoberta Menchú Tum by
D. Engle & I. Suvanjieff
- http://peacejam.org:8001/peacejam/tum/interview.html
- 4) Rigoberta Menchú Tum http://peacejam.org:8001/peacejam/tum/tum.html
- 5) Rigoberta Menchú Tum: Peacemaker Hero
http://www.myhero.com/hero.asp?hero=r_menchu
- 6) Rigoberta Menchú Tum Foundation (En
Español) http://www.rigobertamenchu.org/
- 7) Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Quiche Mayan
http://www.indigenouspeople.org/natlit/menchu.htm
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- Yitzhak
Rabin from Jewish Virtual Library
- http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/biography/rabin.html
- Here you find a biography of the Israeli
leader.
- Other Websites for Yitzhak Rabin:
- 2) Assassination and Funeral of Yitzhak Rabin from
CNN
- http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9511/rabin/umbrella/
- 3) Yitzhak Rabin Biography from The
Nobel Foundation
- http://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/1994/rabin-bio.html
- 4) Yitzhak Rabin: Peacemaker Hero http://www.myhero.com/hero.asp?hero=Rabin
- 5) Yitzhak Rabin: Winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize
in Peace
- http://almaz.com/nobel/peace/1994c.html
- 6) World Mourns the Loss of a Leader for Peace
from Nando Times http://archive.nandotimes.com/newsroom/nt/morerabin.html
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- Jose
Ramos-Horta from PBS Online
Newshour
- http://www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/october96/nobel_prize_10-25.html
- At this site, the exiled East Timorese resistance
leader and 1996 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, responds
to viewer questions and comments.
- Related Websites:
- 2) East Timor - Path to Peace http://www.caa.org.au/horizons/h20/horta.html
- 3) Jose Ramos-Horta: Winner of the 1996 Nobel
Prize in Peace
- http://almaz.com/nobel/peace/1996b.html
- 4) Profile: Jose Ramos Horta from Australian
Broadcasting Corporation
- http://www.abc.net.au/ra/etimor/features/horta.htm
- 5) Profile: Timor's Exiled Leader by J. Havely
from BBC News
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/special_report/1999/05/99/east_timor/newsid_378000/378959.stm
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- Oscar
Arias Sanchez from The Nobel
Foundation
- http://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/1987/arias-bio.html
- Read the biography of the former President of
Costa Rica, who orchestrated the peace process in the
nations of Central America.
- Related Websites:
- 2) Dr. Oscar Arias Sanchez http://www.arias.or.cr/fundador/bio-e.htm
- 3) Oscar Arias http://www.incostarica.net/docs/arias/
- 4) Oscar Arias Sanchez from Latin America
Trek
- http://www.worldtrek.org/odyssey/latinamerica/oscar/oscarbio.html
- 5) Oscar Arias Sanchez: Winner of the 1987 Nobel
Prize in Peace
- http://almaz.com/nobel/peace/1987a.html
- 6) President Oscar Arias Sanchez from
PeaceJam
- http://peacejam.org:8001/peacejam/html/oscar.html
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- Daw Aung San
Suu Kyi
- http://www.dassk.com/
- This is the website of the leader of the
nonviolent movement for human rights and democracy in
Burma (Myanmar), and Nobel laureate.
- Related Websites:
- 2) Aung San Suu Kyi Biography from The
Nobel Foundation
- http://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/1991/kyi-bio.html
- 3) Aung San Suu Kyi: Winner of the 1991 Nobel
Prize in Peace
- http://almaz.com/nobel/peace/1991a.html
- 4) Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma by I. Abrams
- http://www.irwinabrams.com/books/excerpts/annual91.html
- 5) Profile: Aung San Suu Kyi from BBC
News
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_140000/140955.stm
- 6) 'You Could Start by Convincing a Friend',
Interview from the Shambala Sun
- http://danenet.wicip.org/fbc/assksun.html
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- International
Albert Schweitzer Foundation
- http://www.schweitzer.org/
- This site focuses on the life and work of Dr.
Albert Schweitzer, the humanitarian, theologian,
missionary, organist, and medical doctor.
- Additional Websites for Albert
Schweitzer:
- 2) Albert Schweitzer Page http://www.pcisys.net/~jnf/
- 3) Albert Schweitzer: Philosopher, Physician &
Humanitarian 1875 - 1965 from Lucid
- Interactive http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96jan/schweitzer.html
- 4) Albert Schweitzer: Winner of the 1952 Nobel
Prize in Peace
- http://almaz.com/nobel/peace/1952a.html
- 5) Albert Schweitzer Biography from The
Nobel Foundation
- http://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/1952/schweitzer-bio.html
- 6) Animals, Nature and Albert Schweitzer http://www.awionline.org/schweitzer/as-idx.htm
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- Looking
Back: Samantha Smith, the Girl Who Went to the Soviet
Union
- http://wwwsmi.lkwash.wednet.edu/Samantha_Smith.htm
- Think that one person cannot have an impact? This
website is dedicated to Samanthas memory and her
message of peace to the world.
- Additional Websites for Samantha
Smith:
- 2) Samantha Smith by K.L. Demarest Mayer at
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
- http://www.wagingpeace.org/hero/samantha_smith.html
- 3) Samantha Smith by by M. Bush from Can Do!
People http://www.ucando.org/ssmith.html
- 4) Samantha Smith: America's Youngest Ambassador
at Suite 101
- http://suite101.com/article.cfm/history_for_children/17086
- 5) Samantha Smith Story from The Eighties
Club http://eightiesclub.tripod.com/id107.htm
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- Mother
Teresa
- http://www.tisv.be/mt/indmt.htm
- The website is on the life and work of Mother
Theresa:
- Other Websites for Mother Theresa:
- 2) Interview with Mother Teresa by E.W. Desmond
for Time
- http://www.servelec.net/mothertheresa.htm
- 3) Mother Teresa http://www.albanian.com/main/culture/famous/teresa.html
- 4) Mother Teresa 1910 - 1997
- http://www.catholic.net/RCC/People/MotherTeresa/mother.html
- 5) Mother Teresa, Missionaries of Charity, Order
of Mother Theresa
- http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2960/mothert.htm
- 6) Mother Teresa: Winner of the 1979 Nobel Prize
in Peace
- http://almaz.com/nobel/peace/1979a.html
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- Desmond
Tutu from The Nobel Foundation
- http://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/1984/tutu-bio.html
- This is the biography for 1984 Nobel Peace Prize
winner, then Bishop Desmond Tutu and General Secretary
of the South African Council of Churches.
- Other Websites for Archbishop Desmond
Tutu:
- 2) Archbishop Desmond Tutu, October 6, 1999 from
PBS Online Newshour
- http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/africa/july-dec99/tutu_10-6.html
- 3) Archbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu http://sunsite.wits.ac.za/histp/tutu.htm
- 4) Curriculum for PeaceJam with Archbishop Desmond
Tutu
- http://peacejam.org:8001/peacejam/tutu/
- 5) Desmond Tutu by M. Landis at Nuclear Age
Peace Foundation
- http://www.wagingpeace.org/hero/desmond_tutu.html
- 6) Desmond Mpilo Tutu: Winner of the 1984 Nobel
Prize in Peace
- http://almaz.com/nobel/peace/1984a.html
- 7) Profile of Archbishop Desmond Tutu from BBC
News
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_142000/142334.stm
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- Bertha
Felicie Sophie von Suttner Biography
from The Nobel Foundation
- http://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/1905/suttner-bio.html
- This is the site of a biography of the 1905 Nobel
Prize winner.
- Related Websites:
- 2) Baroness Bertha Sophie Felicity von Suttner
http://almaz.com/nobel/peace/1905a.html
- 3) Baroness Bertha Felicie Sophie von Suttner
http://www.pinn.net/~sunshine/whm2001/suttner.html
- 4) Bertha Felicie Sophie von Suttner
- http://sunsite.bilkent.edu.tr/oldnobel/laureates/peace-1905-bio.html
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- Curriculum
for PeaceJam with Betty Williams
- http://peacejam.org:8001/peacejam/betty/
- This website summarizes the youth workshop held
with Nobel Laureate, Betty Williams.
- Related Websites:
- 2) Betty Williams: Winner of the 1976 Nobel Prize
in Peace
- http://almaz.com/nobel/peace/1976a.html
- 3) Betty Williams http://www.acs-england.co.uk/peaceprize/betty_williams.html
- 4) Nobel Lecture by Betty Williams http://gos.sbc.edu/w/bwilliams.html
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- Jody
Williams - International Campaign to Ban Landmines
(ICBL)
Ambassador
- http://www.icbl.org/amb/williams/
- This is the website for the Nobel Laureate and her
work toward banning land mines.
- Related Websites:
- 2) Curriculum for PeaceJam with Jody Williams
http://peacejam.org:8001/peacejam/jody/
- 3) Interview with Jody Williams, February 4,
1999
- http://www.cdi.org/adm/1226/williams.html
- 4) Jody Williams: Winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize
in Peace
- http://almaz.com/nobel/peace/1997b.html
- 5) Jody Williams: The Woman Who Waged War on Land
Mines from CNN
- http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1997/nobel.prize/stories/williams.profile/
- 6) Nobel Lecture by Jody Williams from The
Nobel Foundation
- http://boes.org/coop/lmines/jodyw1.html
and http://gos.sbc.edu/w/williams.html
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