47 - Vermont, Jody Williams
Jody Williams is one of the few woman that have achieved a Nobel Prize. She has fought for justice and human rights in every aspect of her career. Her strength continues in every endeavor she takes on. Vermont ratified the Nineteenth Amendment on February 8, 1921. Ms. Williams advocated for three main issues winning a Nobel Prize in 1997 for her work banning and clearing of anti-personnel mines. Her training was extensive, earning a Master of International Relations from Johns Hopkins University and Masters teaching Spanish and English as a Second Language from the SIT Graduate Institute in Vermont. Starting in 1992, she founded the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) and served as Chief Strategist and spokesperson to collaborate with over 90 countries and 1,300 non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The Ottawa Treaty that banned land mines is directly attributed to ICBL, leading to her Nobel Prize award three weeks later. She was the tenth woman, third American, to r...