Peace of Westphalia

between the violent measures of the Taliban and her righteous ways. She uses negative loaded words when speaking about the Taliban - “wars” , “killed” and “misusing” - and positive biased words when speaking of her cause, “power” , “strength” and “peace”…

1860, broke many borders as a woman of her time. She is best known for her efforts in creating peace as well as advocating equality for women. She is represented today and in American history by the many organizations she established: the International League for Peace, Woman’s Peace Party, Juvenile Protective Association, and American Civil Liberties Union. Addams had strong opinions about the idea of peace reaching the farthest corners of the world, and voiced her disappointment and anger as…

set the tone for the night. As I sat the coloring, a speech my friend gave earlier in the day kept rolling in inside my head. It was about the young girl, Malala Yousafzai, and how she is an activist, the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, and an international hero. At a very young age (11) she began giving speeches on how the Taliban couldn’t…

believed that women should be treated equally, this gave more courage for Malala to stand up for women's education. On October 10th, 2014 Malala was announced a winner of The Nobel Peace Prize. Malala is the youngest to ever win a Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Peace Prize is given to those who have done great work to bring peace between nations. Malala’s Famous book is called ‘I AM MALALA’. This book talks about her whole life story of how she was shot by the Taliban, and what her values and…

extraordinary in an ordinary world, bringing that little extra into the picture to save mankind from itself. This takes loads of dedication. In an article written on October 10, 2014, seventeen year old Malala Yousafzai from Pakistan wins the Nobel Peace Prize. She survived a shot to the head by members of the Taliban for sticking up for girls’ rights to an education. Afterwards, she said, “Weakness, fear, and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage…

Mother Teresa has given others a different perspective on life as well as God."Her Nobel Peace Prize ignited a series of books, articles, and newspaper articles on her hard work and mission" ("Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, December 10, 1979”). Mother Teresa's work put an impact on others and their work. Others have been inspired to write about Mother Teresa and her great love for God and the…

All teen activists have something in common. Mallala, Alex lynn, and Alex libby all try to speak out for their causes. All teen activists try to help the world. For example, Mallala tries to let the girls to have education. Alex lynn tries to save the community by recycling electronics. Alex Libby tried to stop bullying. All teen activists speak out about their causes. Malala shows this by giving a speech and writing a book about her life for people who cannot listen to her speech. She tries…

has transformed her into a global symbol. The United Nations even declared November 10th, Malala day to focus on the 32 million girls like Malala not in school. Malala was nominated for a Noble Peace Prize in 2013. In 2014 she was nominated again, and won becoming the youngest person to win the Noble Peace Prize. In conclusion, Malala is a teenage activist who faught for females education. In my opinion she is an inspiration. All she wanted to do was fight for girls education, but her fight…

Elie Wiesel, a writer and survivor of the Holocaust, said the above words in 1986 upon accepting the Nobel Peace Prize. Wiesel’s words touched upon a common question: How should a country respond to injustice abroad? It is a useful question. The social history of humanity is largely one of bloodshed and hate, only occasionally intersped with triumphs of justice. There has scarcely been a year of history free of one man-made tragedy or another, for all people are capable of bloodlust, of bigotry,…

“You live as long as you are remembered” this is an old Russian proverb which has stood the test of time and has been used to describe those who have long since passed, but still make as big as an impact as they do today as they did when they were alive. For as true as this is, the question remains who exactly is remembered and if so why are they? Does history remember those who wanted imbue others with fear or those who wanted to inspire others to do great things? Between the two who is…