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My name is Jody Williams : a Vermont girl's winding path to the Nobel Peace Prize /

As Eve Ensler says in her inspired foreword to this book, "Jody Williams is many things-a simple girl from Vermont, a sister of a disabled brother, a loving wife, an intense character full of fury and mischief, a great strategist, an excellent organizer, a brave and relentless advocate, and a N...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Williams, Jody, 1950- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2013]
Colección:California series in public anthropology ; 25.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:As Eve Ensler says in her inspired foreword to this book, "Jody Williams is many things-a simple girl from Vermont, a sister of a disabled brother, a loving wife, an intense character full of fury and mischief, a great strategist, an excellent organizer, a brave and relentless advocate, and a Nobel Peace Prize winner. But to me Jody Williams is, first and foremost, an activist."From her modest beginnings to becoming the tenth woman-and third American woman-to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, Jody Williams takes the reader through the ups and downs of her tumultuous and remarkable life. In a voic.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvii, 260 pages)
ISBN:0520955331
9780520955332
1299132316
9781299132313