Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1917
Number:8 - 1
 
Nominee:
Name:Rosika Schwimmer
Gender:F
Year, Birth:1877
Year, Death:1948
Profession:Hungarian-American peace activist
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Motivation:Attended the women's peace conference in 1915. Initiated peace missions to both neutral and belligerent countries (adopted by the peace conference).
 
Nominator:
Name:Anna B Zipernowsky
Gender:F
Profession:Member of the Commission of the Permanent International Peace Bureau
City:Budapest
Country:HUNGARY (HU)
 
Comments: Schwimmer was living in the US during the war, but she did not emigrate permanently until 1921.