women nobel prize winners

The Iranian government tried everything to silence Shirin Ebadi: They arrested her, bugged her phones, attacked her home, shadowed her everywhere she went, seized her office, and nailed a death threat to her front door. But stopped Ebadi from her work as a human rights lawyer defending women, children, and the persecuted in Iran. After several years of harrassment and intimidation, the Iranian spy services turned their sights onto Ebadi's only weakness: those she loved the most, her family. First the authorities detained her daughter, then they laid a trap for her husband straight out of a spy novel. The Iranian government took everything from Shirin Ebadi--her marriage, her home, her property, her bank accounts, they even seized her Nobel Prize--but the one thing they could not take was her spirit and her desire for a better future for her country.

This book tells the life story of Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma. Burma is now called the Republic of the Union of Myanmar or just Myanmar. Myanmar is the second largest country in Southeast Asia. Aung San Suu Kyi's story is one of sacrifice beyond the imagination of most. She is known by many in her country as "The Lady". In 2011 a movie titled "The Lady" was made about her. In 1991 she won the Nobel Peace Prize. Included in this book is a timeline of her achievements.

Chronicles the life of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate from Burma who has spent much of her recent life under house arrest for promoting democracy against the ruling military regime.

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