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My name Is Jody Williams : : a Vermont girl's winding path to the Nobel Peace prize
| Title | My name Is Jody Williams : : a Vermont girl's winding path to the Nobel Peace prize |
| Names | Williams, Jody. |
| Book Number | DBC19624 |
| Title Status | Download Only |
| Medium | Digital Book |
| Download Link | Downloadable talking book. |
| Annotation | From her modest beginnings to her selection as 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 voice that is at once candid, straightforward, and intimate, Williams describes her Catholic roots, her first step on a long road toward standing up to bullies with the defense of her deaf brother, her transformation in college from good girl to hippie chick, and her protest of the war in Vietnam. She relates how, in 1981, she began her lifelong dedication to global activism as she battled to stop the U. S.-backed war in El Salvador. Throughout the memoir, Williams underlines her belief that an "average woman" -- through perseverance, courage, and imagination -- can make something extraordinary happen. She tells how she took up the challenge of founding and coordinating the campaign to outlaw and clear antipersonnel mines, leading to the birth of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), and culminating in 1997 with the Nobel Peace Prize. Unrated. |
| Narrator | Signorat, Monique. |
| Local Subject | Biography & Autobiography - BIO |
| Adult Book - AD | |
| Adult Non-Fiction - AN | |
| Politics and Government - POL | |
| Current Events / Contemporary Issues - CON | |
| History, United States - HUS | |
| History - HST | |
| Short Book - SH | |
| Audience Notes | Female narrator. |
| Unrated. |
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| LC Subject | Nobel Prize winners - United States - Biography |
| Pacifists - United States - Biography |
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| Women Nobel Prize winners - United States - Biography |
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| Nonfiction |
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| Biographies |
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| Call Number | 327.1743 ANF B |
| Language | English |
| Released | 2013 |
| Publication Info | Berlin : Vermont Department of Libraries, Special Services Unit, 2013 |
| Original Publication | Recorded from: University of California Press; Berkeley, CA; 2013. 9780520270251 |