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Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams
Making Peace in Northern Ireland (Women Changing the World)
By Ling, Bettina & Bunch, Charlotte
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-1-55861-200-6
- Publisher
- The Feminist Press at CUNY
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Reviewed on February 1, 2000
Gr 7-Up Corrigan and Williams helped create a grassroots peace movement in Ireland. They met in August 1976, shortly after Corrigan's niece and two nephews were killed as a result of sectarian violence. They collected signatures on petitions calling for a halt to the violence, organized and spoke at peace rallies all over Ireland and Europe, and started a group called the Peac...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
