Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1956
Number:28 - 2
 
Nominee:
Name: Women´s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
City:Geneva
Country:SWITZERLAND (CH)
 
 
Nominator:
Name:Philip E Jacob
Gender:M
Profession:Professor of Political Science
University:Pennsylvania
City:Philadelphia
State:PA
Country:UNITED STATES (US)
 
Comments: WLPF was founded in April 1915. Gertrude Baer was also nominated in 1955 for her work in WILPF. Two of the founding members, Jane Addams and Emily Greene Balch, received the Nobel Peace Prize, respectively in 1931 and 1946. Nominated together with Gertrude Baer. Also nominated in 1955