Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1957
Number:38 - 0
 
Nominee:
Name: Women´s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
City:Geneva
Country:SWITZERLAND (CH)
 
Motivation:The Women´s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) was nominated because of its work for the rights of minorities, for the victims of oppression, for civil liberties, and against colonialism and all exploitation of one class by another. The League has worked in many countries for sanity in international relations, and has brought informed support both to the League of Nations and to the United Nations, and has tried to work on concrete political issues, in close cooperation with practical agencies.
 
Nominator:
Name:F.J. E Woodbridge
Profession:Professor of Philosophy
University:Columbia University
City:New York
State:NY
Country:UNITED STATES (US)