The Nobel Peace Prize 1946

Emily Greene Balch

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Prize share: 1/2

John Raleigh Mott

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Prize share: 1/2

The Nobel Peace Prize 1946 was divided equally between Emily Greene Balch "for her lifelong work for the cause of peace" and John Raleigh Mott "for his contribution to the creation of a peace-promoting religious brotherhood across national boundaries."

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