HIST 2250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Bertha Von Suttner, Aletta Jacobs, Nobel Peace Prize
30 Mar 2018
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Lecture 11: protesting war thursday, march 29th. Anti-war theories and institutions: f, the characteristics of women"s sex make us abhor unjust slaughter and prefer honourable peace to. Bertha von suttner (1843 june 1914: said to be responsible for persuading alfred nobel to create the noble peace prize, first women to be awarded the noble peace prize in 1905. In 1870 she created a proposal for a mother"s day: became part of history with the russian revolution. Helen barret montgomery: early criticism of imperialism, argues that white men more than others advocate militarianism and spread imperialism. Sojourner truth: a women born a slave and went on the become a popular women"s right advocate, first black women to sue and win a white man for custody of a child early activist, b. Rosa luxemburg: she argues that has to be complete change. There needs to be total change in what is happening: she argues that the average person is responsible for war.
