Jane Addams

Nobel Prize in Peace 1931

“for their assiduous effort to revive the ideal of peace and to rekindle the spirit of peace in their own nation and in the whole of mankind”

Jane Addams was an American social worker and social reformer. She was awarded the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize for her assiduous effort to revive the ideal of peace and to rekindle the spirit of peace in her own nation and in the whole of mankind. Her work was closely associated with social work and peace activism.