My name is Jody Williams [electronic resource] : a Vermont girl's winding path to the Nobel Peace Prize / Jody Williams ; foreward by Eve Ensler.
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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
[2013]
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| Series: | California series in public anthropology ;
25. |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 260 pages). |
| ISBN: | 0520955331 9780520955332 1299132316 9781299132313 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |