The Nobel Peace Prize 1977
Awarded on: 1977-10-10
"for the courageous efforts in founding a movement to put an end to the violent conflict in Northern Ireland"
Elizabeth Williams
Born: 1943-05-22 in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Gender: female
Field: Northern Irish peace activist and Nobel laureate
Biography
Elizabeth Williams 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 Northern Ireland.