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'''Betty Williams''' (born [[22 May]], [[1943]]) 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]]. She heads the [[Global Children's Foundation]] and is President of the [[World Centers of Compassion for Children International]]. She is also the Chair of [[Institute for Asian Democracy]] in Washington D.C. and a Distinguished Visiting Professor at [[Nova Southeastern University]]. In [[2006]], Williams was one of the founders of the [[Nobel Women's Initiative]] along with sister Nobel Peace Laureates [[Mairead Corrigan Maguire]], [[Shirin Ebadi]], [[Wangari Maathai]], [[Jody Williams]] and [[Rigoberta Menchu Tum]]. Six women representing [[North America]] and [[South America]], [[Europe]], the [[Middle East]] and [[Africa]] decided to bring together their experiences in a united effort for peace with justice and equality. It is the goal of the Nobel Women's Initiative to help strengthen work being done in support of women's rights around the world.<ref>[http://www.nobelwomensinitiative.org] Nobel Women's Initiative </ref>
==Peace petition==
She was drawn into the public arena after witnessing the death of three children on [[10 August]], [[1976]] when they were hit by a car whose driver, an [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]] fugitive named Danny Lennon, was fatally shot by British authorities (see[http://www.virginia.edu/nobel/laureates/bios/williams_bio.html]). Williams was driving in her car with one of her children when she heard gunfire. She turned the corner to her street and saw the three Maguire children and rushed to help. Their mother, Anne Maguire, who was with them, eventually committed suicide in 1980 after a failed attempt to start a new life in New Zealand.
Within two days of the tragic event, Williams had obtained 6,000 signatures on a [[petition]] for peace and gained media attention. Together with [[Mairead Corrigan]], Anne Maguire's sister, she cofounded the Women for Peace which later, with co-founder Ciaran McKeown became '''The Community for Peace People'''.
The two organized a peace march to the graves of the children, which was attended by 10,000 Protestant and Catholic women — the peaceful march was disrupted by members of the Irish Republican Army, who accused them of being "dupes of the British" (see[http://www.virginia.edu/nobel/laureates/bios/williams_bio.html]). The following week, Williams and Corrigan again led a march — this time with 35,000 strong.
On [[13 August]], the day of the Maguire children's funeral, Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan were to appear with journalist Ciaran McKeown, on a current affairs television program, and although they arrived too late, they met McKeown, who joined the two women in founding the '''Peace People'''. McKeown wrote the original Declaration and organized the rally supporting it (see[http://www.peacepeople.com/PPHistory.htm]).
==Declaration of the Peace People==
First Declaration Of The Peace People
*We have a simple message to the world from this movement for Peace.
*We want to live and love and build a just and peaceful society.
*We want for our children, as we want for ourselves, our lives at home, at work, and at play to be lives of joy and Peace.
*We recognize that to build such a society demands dedication, hard work, and courage.
*We recognize that there are many problems in our society which are a source of conflict and violence.
*We recognize that every bullet fired and every exploding bomb make that work more difficult.
*We reject the use of the bomb and the bullet and all the techniques of violence.
*We dedicate ourselves to working with our neighbours, near and far, day in and day out, to build that peaceful society in which the tragedies we have known are a bad memory and a continuing warning.[http://www.peacepeople.com/PPDeclaration.htm]
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==Nobel prize==
Subsequent to that dramatic display of support for peace, Williams and Corrigan became the joint recipients of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] in 1977 (the prize for 1976).
In her acceptance speech, Williams said, <blockquote> "That first week will always be remembered of course for something else besides the birth of the Peace People. For those most closely involved, the most powerful memory of that week was the death of a young republican and the deaths of three children struck by the dead man's car. A deep sense of frustration at the mindless stupidity of the continuing violence was already evident before the tragic events of that sunny afternoon of August 10,1976. But the deaths of those four young people in one terrible moment of violence caused that frustration to explode, and create the possibility of a real peace movement...As far as we are concerned, every single death in the last eight years, and every death in every war that was ever fought represents life needlessly wasted, a mother's labour spurned" (see[http://gos.sbc.edu/w/bwilliams.html]).</blockquote>
==Personal life==
[[Image:CorriganWilliamsbook.gif|thumb|right|250 px|A book about Williams and Corrigan.]]
At the time she received the Nobel Prize, she was working as a receptionist and raising the two children she had had with Ralph Williams. They divorced, and she married James Perkins in 1982, and moved to the [[United States]], where she toured and lectured extensively.
Her son [[Paul Williams (Northern Irish footballer)|Paul]] became a professional footballer playing for [[Newport County]], [[Sheffield United]],
[[Hartlepool United]], [[Stockport County]], [[West Bromwich Albion]] and [[Rochdale]]. He made one appearance for Northern Ireland
In 1992 she was appointed to the [[Texas Commission for Children and Youth]] by then Texas Governor, [[Ann Richards]].
She spent time as a [[visiting professor]] at [[Sam Houston State University]], in [[Huntsville, Texas]] and In 2004, she returned to Belfast, Northern Ireland.
==Awards==
Since winning the Nobel Peace Prize Williams has received the [[People's Peace Prize of Norway]] in 1976 , the [[Schweitzer Medallion for Courage]], the [[Martin Luther King, Jr. Award]], the [[Eleanor Roosevelt Award]] in 1984, and the [[Frank Foundation Child Care International Oliver Award]]. In 1995 she was awarded the Rotary Club International "Paul Harris Fellowship: and the Together for Peace Building Award.
== Comments on killing George W. Bush ==
On [[July 24]], [[2006]], while delivering a speech at the Earth Dialogue forums, Williams told school children at the [[Brisbane]] [[Brisbane City Hall|City Hall]], "I have a very hard time with this word 'non-violence,' because I don't believe that I am non-violent." She went on to say, "Right now, I would love to kill [[George W. Bush|George (W.) Bush]]", blaming him for the deaths of children, particularly in the [[Middle East]]. "I don't know how I ever got a [[Nobel Peace Prize]], because when I see children die the anger in me is just beyond belief. It's our duty as human beings, whatever age we are, to become the protectors of human life."<ref>{{cite news
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In a keynote speech at the International Women's Peace Conference on [[July 11]], [[2007]], Ms. Williams told a crowd of about 1,000: "Right now, I could kill [[George W. Bush|George (W.) Bush]]," she said at the [[Adam's Mark]] Hotel and Conference Center in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]]. "No, I don't mean that. How could you nonviolently kill somebody? I would love to be able to do that."<ref name=dallasnewsbush>{{cite news
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==Talks and Guest Lectures==
From [[September 17]]-[[September 20|20]], [[2007]], Williams taught an intensive course at [[Soka University of America]] entitled "Peace Is Action, Not Words." On [[September 18]], Mrs. Williams presented a lecture to the university community entitled "Peace in the World Is Everybody's Business." On [[September 20]], she gave a lecture open to 2,232 members of the general public, including 1,100 high school sophomores.
==In Pop Culture==
Betty Williams was honoured/featured in the music video of Nickleback's hit song and Video [[If Everyone Cared]].
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==See also==
* [[Earth Dialogues]]
* [[The Peace People]]
* [[The Troubles]]
==External links==
* [http://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/1976/index.html] Nobel Committee information on 1976 Peace Laureates
* [http://provost.syr.edu/lectures/williams.asp] brief bio
* [http://members.lycos.co.uk/wizard5/corrigan.html] A biography of Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams
*[http://www.geocities.com/socialistparty/Archive/1976OctPP.htm Peace People in NI - a socialist position]
*[http://www.thebestquestion.com/bettywilliams.htm Irish Nobel Prize winners]
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