Emily Greene Balch
Economist
Died when: 94 years 1 days (1128 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Emily Greene Balch (January 8, 1867 – January 9, 1961) was an American economist, sociologist and pacifist.Balch combined an academic career at Wellesley College with a long-standing interest in social issues such as poverty, child labor, and immigration, as well as settlement work to uplift poor immigrants and reduce juvenile delinquency.
She moved into the peace movement at the start of World War I in 1914, and began collaborating with Jane Addams of Chicago.
She became a central leader of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) based in Switzerland, for which she won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946.
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