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Betty Williams

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Also known as Elisabeth Smyth, Elizabeth Williams

Northern Irish peace activist (1943–2020)

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Betty Williams was a Northern Irish peace activist who worked to end violence during the conflict known as the Troubles in the 1970s and beyond. She is remembered as an important figure in grassroots peace-building efforts in her community during a period of significant conflict.

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Peace Prize1976

    “for the courageous efforts in founding a movement to put an end to the violent conflict in Northern Ireland”

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Instance of
human
Given name
Elisabeth
Family name
Williams
Gender
female
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Belfast
Place of death
Belfast
Occupation
peace activist
Employer
Sam Houston State University
Languages spoken
English language
Religion
Catholicism
Award
Carl von Ossietzky Medal
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Betty Williams (Northern Ireland)
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Art+Feminism
member of
Nobel Women's Initiative
date of death
2020-03-17
name in native language
Betty Williams
date of birth
1943-05-22
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Elizabeth Williams (née Smyth; 22 May 1943 – 17 March 2020) was a peace activist from Northern Ireland. She was a co-recipient with Mairead Corrigan of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for her work as a cofounder of Community of Peace People, an organisation dedicated to promoting a peaceful resolution to the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

Williams headed the Global Children's Foundation and was the President of the World Centre of Compassion for Children International. She was also the Chair of Institute for Asian Democracy in Washington D.C. She lectured widely on topics of peace, education, inter-cultural and inter-faith understanding, anti-extremism, and children's rights.

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