Jody Williams
(1950-)

American Teacher
Led International Campaign to Ban Landmines
1997 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
1998 Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Peace Leadership Award

birthdate: October 9
birthplace:
Putney, Vermont

QUOTES

The landmine cannot tell the difference between a soldier or a civilian - a woman, a child, a grandmother going out to collect firewood to make the family meal… once peace is declared the landmine does not recognize that peace. The landmine is eternally prepared to take victims.

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