Emily Greene Balch
(1867-1961)

American Feminist & Peace Activist
1946 Nobel Peace Prize Winner

birthdate: January 8
birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts

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Emily Greene Balch worked for many causes for a better world -- women's right to vote, racial equality and labor laws for women and children, but when World War I broke out, she became convinced that her mission in life was to work for peace. With Jane Addams, she helped to form what was to become the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. In 1918, her commitment to peace cost her her job as a Professor of Sociology at Wellesley College, where she had taught for over 20 years. For the next fifty years, Emily Greene Balch continued to work for a more peaceful and just world and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946.