Betty Williams

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Two women sitting in a room, one is smoking, the aother drinking coffee

Betty Williams (left) and Mairead Corrigan (right) of the Northern Irish Peace People movement, 31 October 1977.

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Letter from Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan

A letter from Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan to the Norwegian Nobel Committee after the news that they had been awarded the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize.

Credit: The Norwegian Nobel Institute.

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