Peace Biographies Samples For Students

Jane Addams entered public life in an era not all that different from our own time: the Oval Office was inhabited by a succession of men who were, it seemed, much smaller than the times, too often treating the position as a way to confer privileges on cronies for four (or, quite infrequently, eight) years, sucking all of the possible prestige (and income) out of this position but doing very little in the way of inspiring or even leading the nation. This procession began with the Republican Party’s deal to effectively end Reconstruction if Rutherford B. Hayes could take office, ...

William Edward Burghardt "W. E. B." Du Bois: A Biography

William Edward Burghardt "W. E. B." Du Bois was born on February 23, 1868. He was born and grew up in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. His parents were Alfred and Mary Silvina Du Bois. Her mother’s family lived among the small, free black community in Great Barrington. Her mother descended from English, African, and Dutch ancestors.
William’s paternal great-grandfather was a French-American named James Du Bois who fathered different offspring with some slave mistresses. Alexander was one of the many mixed-race sons of James. When Alexander went to ...

Biography: Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi, known today as referred to as daw Aung San Suu Kyi was born on June 19, 1945, in Rangoon - now known as Yangon, Myanmar. A politician and opposition leader of Myanmar, Suu Kyi is the daughter of Aung San, a martyred national hero of freed Burma, and Khin Kyi, a distinguished diplomat from Myanmar. She won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1991 and is renowned in the international community in addition to being revered by the people of Myanmar for her selfless and peaceful struggle against a tyrannical military rule in her country . Her struggle has ...

Berman, Eli, et al. "Do working men rebel? Insurgency and unemployment in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Philippines." Journal of Conflict Resolution 55.4 (2011): 496-528.A large part of the Afghan population is unemployed because of the war making any economic activity impossible. Unemployment is bad for the economy as it as wise men say, an idle mind is the devils work shop. People start thinking of illegal ways of making money.
Clarke, Richard A. Against all enemies: Inside America's war on terror. Simon and Schuster, 2004.According to this book, there are cases of insider attacks, where American soldiers ...

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The following few pages look into the political life and career of the unforgettable leader, who became inspiration to every living soul on the planet. Nelson R. Mandela, the South African President had the unparalleled traits of a string leader, patriot and administrator, which will be covered in brief in the following sections in this study.

Nelson R. Mandela: South Africa’s first black Representative

Born in July 1918 in a small village of Mvezo in South African Cape Province, Nelson Mandela spent his early childhood days under the British rule. In his autobiography about his days spent in the prison, Mandela wrote, “"No one in my family had ever ...

Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790) belongs to the prominent American thinkers and public figures. In him were combined a great scientist-encyclopaedist, a brilliant propagandist of the Enlightenment ideas and active leader of the bourgeois revolution. By decision of the World Peace Council, the 250th anniversary of the birth of Franklin was celebrated all over the world. Scientific and public activity of Franklin is inextricably linked with the war of Independence in 1775 - 1783 years. The largest volume and most famous works of Franklin is "Autobiography» (The Life of Benjamin Franklin written by Himself). It was started by Franklin in 1771 ...

John Adams, the second President of the United States, headed the young country through some of its toughest times. He was the Vice President during George Washington’s administration and followed him as the next President. During his presidency, the government moved to Washington, and John Adams was the first President to live in the White House. Although John Adams made a lot to the formation of the United States, his personality stays in the shadow of the significance of his colleagues (G. Washington, T. Jefferson, J. Madison). Because of his unlikeable character, Adams had only few friends in his ...

Theodore Roosevelt was born in famous and wealthy family in New York City on October 27, 1858, He was to be the second oldest of four children.
Since childhood, the future president didn’t show up by the great health and suffered from asthma. In late 1860 and early 1870 Roosevelt family made a trip to Europe, Africa and the Middle East. His primary education he received at home. Theodor was taught by his parents and tutors. He was brilliant in geography, history and good in biology.
In 1876 Theodore Roosevelt entered Harvard University, and in 1880 graduated. ...