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Betty Williams. Elizabeth Williams ( née Smyth; [2] 22 May 1943 – 17 March 2020) was a peace activist from Northern Ireland. She was a co-recipient with Mairead Corrigan of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for her work as a cofounder of Community of Peace People, an organisation dedicated to promoting a peaceful resolution to the Troubles in ...
May 18, 2024 · Betty Williams, Northern Irish peace activist who, with Mairead Maguire and Ciaran McKeown, founded the Peace People, a grassroots movement dedicated to ending the sectarian strife in Northern Ireland. For her work, Williams shared with Maguire the 1976 Nobel Prize for Peace.
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Mar 17, 2020 · Betty Williams was a co-founder of the Community of Peace People, a grass-root movement to end the violent conflict in Northern Ireland. She received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1977 for her courageous efforts and her religious tolerance.
Betty Williams, co-founder of the Peace People movement, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1977 for her nonviolent campaign against the violence in Northern Ireland. In her lecture, she expressed her humility, honor, and sense of history, and paid tribute to other peace activists and prisoners.
Biographical. Co-founder of Community of Peace People with Mr. Ciaran McKeown and Miss Mairead Corrigan – Founded 14/8/76. Name: Betty Williams (Mrs) Age: 22 May 1943. Place of Birth: Belfast, Northern Ireland. Married: 14 June 1961 to Mr. Ralph Williams in Bermuda.
Betty Williams co-founded the Community of Peace People with Mairead Corrigan after witnessing the death of three children in a shooting incident in Belfast. They campaigned for peace and reconciliation between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland.
Mar 18, 2020 · Nobel laureate and peace activist Betty Williams has died, aged 76. Ms Williams, who formed Peace People in 1976 along with Mairead Corrigan Maguire and Ciaran Mc Keown, died on Tuesday.
