LEADER 05386nam 2201069 a 450 001 9910822377503321 005 20221217005234.0 010 $a0-520-95533-1 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520955332 035 $a(CKB)2670000000335715 035 $a(EBL)1124338 035 $a(OCoLC)828140140 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000833710 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11436147 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000833710 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10936120 035 $a(PQKB)11401735 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1124338 035 $a(DE-B1597)521123 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520955332 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1124338 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10655429 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL444481 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000335715 100 $a20120829d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMy name is Jody Williams$b[electronic resource] $ea Vermont girl's winding path to the Nobel Peace Prize /$fJody Williams ; foreword by Eve Ensler 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (309 p.) 225 0 $aCalifornia Series in Public Anthropology ;$v25 225 0$aCalifornia series in public anthropology ;$v25 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-27025-8 327 $aPrologue: October 10, 1997 -- If you could be anyone -- What do you mean I can't be the pope? -- A special place in hell -- Claude, Casey, and the Corvair convertible -- V-I-E-T-N-A-M, marriage, and Mexico -- The making of a grassroots activist -- The pamphlet -- Boots on the ground : Sandinista interlude -- Dinner with the death squad -- I thought I wanted a straight job-instead I got landmines -- Landmines and love -- The Ottawa Process and the 1997 landmine ban world tour -- Whirlwind : October 10 to December 10, 1997 -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Illustrations follow page. 330 $aAs Eve Ensler says in her inspired foreword to this book, "Jody Williams is many things-a simple girl from Vermont, a sister of a disabled brother, a loving wife, an intense character full of fury and mischief, a great strategist, an excellent organizer, a brave and relentless advocate, and a Nobel Peace Prize winner. But to me Jody Williams is, first and foremost, an activist."From her modest beginnings to becoming the tenth woman-and third American woman-to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, Jody Williams takes the reader through the ups and downs of her tumultuous and remarkable life. In a voice that is at once candid, straightforward, and intimate, Williams describes her Catholic roots, her first step on a long road to standing up to bullies with the defense of her deaf brother Stephen, her transformation from good girl to college hippie at the University of Vermont, and her protest of the war in Vietnam. She relates how, in 1981, she began her lifelong dedication to global activism as she battled to stop the U.S.-backed war in El Salvador.Throughout the memoir, Williams underlines her belief that an "average woman"-through perseverance, courage and imagination-can make something extraordinary happen. She tells how, when asked if she'd start a campaign to ban and clear anti-personnel mines, she took up the challenge, and the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) was born. Her engrossing account of the genesis and evolution of the campaign, culminating in 1997 with the Nobel Peace Prize, vividly demonstrates how one woman's commitment to freedom, self-determination, and human rights can have a profound impact on people all over the globe. 410 0$aCalifornia Series in Public Anthropology 606 $aPacifists$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aWomen Nobel Prize winners$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aNobel Prize winners$zUnited States$vBiography 610 $aadvocate. 610 $aanthropology. 610 $aautobiography. 610 $abiographies. 610 $abiography. 610 $acareer. 610 $acatholic roots. 610 $aengaging. 610 $afemale authors. 610 $ageopolitics. 610 $agovernment. 610 $ahuman rights. 610 $aicbl. 610 $ainternational campaign to ban landmines. 610 $ainternational campaign. 610 $aintersectional feminism. 610 $amemoir. 610 $anobel peace prize. 610 $apage turner. 610 $apolitical action. 610 $apolitical. 610 $arevolutionaries. 610 $asocial activists. 610 $asocial issues. 610 $asocial movements. 610 $asocials issues. 610 $asociology. 610 $astrong women. 610 $auplifting stories. 610 $avermont. 610 $avietnam war. 610 $awomen writers. 610 $awomen. 610 $aworld politics. 615 0$aPacifists 615 0$aWomen Nobel Prize winners 615 0$aNobel Prize winners 676 $a327.1/743 676 $aB 700 $aWilliams$b Jody$f1950-$01686644 701 $aV$f1953-$01686645 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822377503321 996 $aMy name is Jody Williams$94059598 997 $aUNINA