How Did Jane Addams Deserve The Noble Peace Prize

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From Alfred Noble’s last will and testament, “…the person who shall have done the most or the best for fraternity between nations, for the abolition of reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses…” Many people have been awarded the noble peace prize such as Nelson Mandela, Albert Einstein, Barack Obama, and Martin Luther King Jr. They have done extraordinary things for mankind, but when one women receives the award for displaying similar actions, people begin to question if she really deserved it. Jane Addams was a women that did things to better the lives of people all around the world, like women and children. She was awarded the noble peace prize on December 10, 1931, after years and years of extensive work around the globe. Jane Addams did deserve the noble peace prize she received because the award if given to characters in society that have devoted their time to create peace, and Jane Addams was the chairman of the women’s peace party after protesting against the U.S’s entry into world war 1, she also aided Herbert Hoover in feeding the women and children of enemy nations as well as created a home for underprivileged children to sleep and eat, and she fought for the equality of women and their …show more content…

Jane Addams was an anti-war activist and served as chairman and president of a foundation entitled The Women’s Peace Party. From Spotlight on Jane Addams, “She gave a series of anti-war lectures at the University of Wisconsin, which she then documented in a book entitled Newer Ideals of Peace.” She spoke against the U.S involvement in World War 1 and became the Chairman of The Women’s Peace Party. She also served as the president of the Women’s International League of Peace and Freedom. She was then trashed in the public after being kicked out of the “Daughters of the Revolution”. This motivated her to help Herbert Hoover feed the women and children of enemy

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