Peace Heroes Dali Lama Peace Pilgrim Jeanette Rankin Jane Addams Jim Henson Coretta Scott King Jimmy Carter Helen Caldicott Cesar Chavez Daw Aung San Suu

Peace Heroes• Dali Lama• Peace Pilgrim• Jeanette Rankin• Jane Addams• Jim Henson• Coretta Scott King• Jimmy Carter• Helen Caldicott• Cesar Chavez• Daw Aung San Suu Kyi• Jim Lawson• Eleanor Roosevelt• Paul Rusesabagina• Jane Goodall• Rigoberta Menchu Tum• Nelson Mandela• Albert Einstein• Mairead Corrigan Maguire

• Mother Teresa• Rosa Parks• Samantha Smith• Desmond Tutu• Elie Wiesel• Barbara Wiedner• Shirin Ebadi• Tom Fox• Julia “Butterfly” Hill• Eknath Eswaran• Lech Walesa• Dolores Huerta• Oprah Winfrey• Cordell Hull• John Lennon• Linus Pauling• Pope John Paul II

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• Sister Helen Prejean• Oscar Romero• Ginetta Sagan• Kofi Annan• Peter Benenson• Ralph Bunche• Jacques-Yves Cousteau• Princess Diana• Thich Nhat Hanh• Albert Schwietzer• Bertha von Suttner• John Wallach• Craig Keilburger

• Rafael Lemkin• Albert John Lutuli• Yitzhack Rabin• Joseph Rotblat• Adolfo Perez Esquivel• King Christian X of Denmark• Frederik Willem de Klerk• Dwight D. Eisenhower• Benjamin Ferencz• Ghandhi• Martin Luther King, Jr.

Dalai Lama

• Time Magazine’s Biography• Check the Encyclopedia of World Biography in the

Reference Section of the library• The Public Library’s Biography Data base has 7 articles• There are 172 magazine and newspaper articles• Check the World Book Encyclopedia in print or online• Here are some Web Sites:

– BBC Biography– His Web site– The Web site for the Central Tibetan Administration– Heroes for a better world

http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1733748_1733757_1735543,00.html

http://www.contra-costa.lib.ca.us/

http://www.ed1stop.net/render.userLayoutRootNode.uP

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/buddhism/people/dalailama_1.shtml

http://dalailama.com/

http://www.tibet.net/

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/dalai-lama.htm

Peace Pilgrim

• Try the Public Library’s Biography Database• Check these web sites:

– Peace Pilgrim– Biography– Heroes for a better world


http://www.peacepilgrim.com/

http://www.peacepilgrim.com/htmfiles/mdppbio.htm

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/pilgrim.htm

Jeanette Rankin

• Try the Public Library’s Biography Database it has 6 entries

• Check the World Book Encyclopedia in print or online• Try these web sites:

– CSUF– National Women’s Hall of Fame– Gale



http://www.csufresno.edu/peacegarden/nominees/rankin.htm

http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=121

http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/whm/bio/rankin_j.htm

Jane Addams

• Try the Public Library’s Biography Database it has 13 entries

• Check the World Book Encyclopedia in print or online• The library has a biography• Try these web sites:

– Nobel Peace Prize– Women in History– Gale– Heroes for a better world



http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1931/addams-bio.html

http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/adda-jan.htm

http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/whm/bio/addams_j.htm

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/addams.htm

Jim Henson

• Time Magazine’s Biography• Try the Public Library’s Biography Database• Check the World Book Encyclopedia in print or online• Check these web sites

– Answers.com– Mississippi writers page– Heroes for a better world

http://www.time.com/time/time100/artists/profile/henson.html



http://www.answers.com/topic/jim-henson

http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/english/ms-writers/dir/henson_jim/

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/henson.htm

Coretta Scott King

• The library has a biography• Try the Public Library’s Biography Database it has 7

articles• Check the World Book Encyclopedia in print or online• Try these web sites:

– Papers of MLK– Gale– Academy of Achievement– Architects of Peace– Heroes for a better world



http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/about_king/details/270427b.htm

http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/whm/bio/king_c_s.htm

http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/kin1bio-1

http://www.scu.edu/ethics/architects-of-peace/King/homepage.html

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/king-coretta.htm

Jimmy Carter

• Try the Public Library’s Biography Database it has 6 articles

• The library has a biography• Check the World Book Encyclopedia in print or online• Check these web sites:

– The Carter Center– Academy of Achievement– The Official White House Bio– Heroes for a better world



http://www.cartercenter.org/homepage.html

http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/car0bio-1

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jc39.html

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/carter.htm

Helen Caldicott


• Check the World Book Encyclopedia in print or online• Try these web sites:

– Helen Caldicott.com– Peace is her passion– Heroes for a better world



http://www.helencaldicott.com/about.htm

http://www.helencaldicott.com/about.htm

http://www.wic.org/bio/caldicot.htm

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/carter.htm

Cesar Chavez


• The library has a biography• Check the World Book Encyclopedia in print or online• Try these web sites:

– Arizona State University– Working Heroes– Ecology center– Heroes for a better world



http://www.asu.edu/vppa/ccli/chavez.html

http://www.aflcio.org/aboutus/history/history/bios.cfm

http://www.ecologycenter.org/chavez/

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/chavez.htm

Aung San Suu Kyi

• Time Magazine’s Biography• The Public Library’s Biography Data base contains 5

articles.• The Biography data base has 88 magazine and

newspaper articles.• Check the World Book Encyclopedia in print or online• Check these web sites:

– Nobel Peace Prize– BBC Profile– Great Men and Women of the World– Heroes for a better world




http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1991/kyi-bio.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/140955.stm

http://homepage.oanet.com/jaywhy/assk.htm

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/kyi.htm

Jim Lawson

• Try the Public Library’s Biography Database• Check the World Book Encyclopedia in print or online



Eleanor Roosevelt

• Time Magazine’s Biography• Try the Public Library’s Biography Database it has 7

articles• The library has a biography• Check the World Book Encyclopedia in print or online• Check these web sites:

– Gale– Women of Influence– Heroes for a better world

http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/eleanor.html



http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/whm/bio/roosevelt_e.htm

http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/womeninfln/roosevelt.htm

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/roosevelt-eleanor.htm

Paul Rusesabagina

• Try the Public Library’s Biography Database it has an article

• Check the World Book Encyclopedia in print or online• Check these web sites:

– Heroes for a better world



http://www.betterworldheroes.com/rusesabagina.htm

Jane Goodall



– Jane Goodall Institute– Environmental Citizen Award– Heroes for a better world



http://www.janegoodall.org/



http://chge.med.harvard.edu/events/gec03.html

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/goodall.htm

Nelson Mandela


articles• The Library has biographies• Check the World Book Encyclopedia in print or online• Check these web sites:

– Nobel Prize– PBS– African National Congress– Heroes for a better world

http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/mandela.html



http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1993/mandela-bio.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/mandela/

http://www.anc.org.za/people/mandela/

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/mandela.htm

Albert Einstein


articles• Check the World Book Encyclopedia in print or online• The library has 2 biographies• Check these web sites:

– Nobel Prize Bio– History of Physics– Einstein Archives– Heroes for a better world

http://www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/profile/einstein.html



http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1921/einstein-bio.html

http://www.aip.org/history/einstein/index.html

http://alberteinstein.info/

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/einstein.htm

Mairead Corrigan Maguire

• Try the Public Library’s Biography Database it has 1 article

• Check the World Book Encyclopedia in print or online• Check these web sites

– Nobel Prize– Heroes for a better world



http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1976/

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/maguire.htm

Rigoberta Menchu Tum


• Check the World Book Encyclopedia in print or online• The library has a DVD of her biogrpahy• Check the Current Biography magazine (Oct. 1993)• Check these web sites:




http://www.betterworldheroes.com/menchu.htm

Mother Teresa


articles• Check the World Book Encyclopedia in print or online• The library has a biography• Check these web sites:

– Nobel Prize– Gale– Heroes for a better world

http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/teresa01.html



http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1979/

http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/whm/bio/motherteresa.htm

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/teresa.htm

Rosa Parks


articles• The library has biographies• Check the World Book Encyclopedia in print or online• Check these web sites:

– Academy of Achievement– Grand Times– Heroes for a better world

http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/parks01.html



http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/par0bio-1

http://www.grandtimes.com/rosa.html

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/parks.htm

Samantha Smith

• Try the Public Library’s Biography Database it has 2 articles.

• Check these web sites:– Heroes for a better world


http://www.betterworldheroes.com/smith.htm

Desmond Tutu



– Nobel Prize– Quotes – Heroes for a better world



http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1984/tutu-bio.html

http://www.bartleby.com/63/

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/tutu.htm

Elie Wiesel


• Check the World Book Encyclopedia in print or online• The library has a biography• Check these web sites:

– Academy of Achievement– Nobel Prize– Heroes for a better world



http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/wie0bio-1

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1986/wiesel-bio.html

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/wiesel.htm

Barbara Wiedner


– Heroes for a better world– Nuclear Age Peace Foundation


http://www.betterworldheroes.com/wiedner.htm

Rachel Corrie


– Heroes for a better world– Memorial– Guardian


http://www.betterworldheroes.com/corrie.htm

http://www.rachelcorrie.org/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/02/israelandthepalestinians

Shirin Ebadi



– Heroes for a better world– Nobel Prize– BBC



http://www.betterworldheroes.com/ebadi.htm

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2003/ebadi-autobio.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3181992.stm

Tom Fox

• Try the Public Library’s Biography Database it has some magazine and newspaper articles.

• Check these web sites:– Christian Peacemaker Teams– Selves and others– Tom Fox


http://www.cpt.org/work/iraq

http://www.selvesandothers.org/view2840.html

http://www.greenbelt.com/barnes/TomFox/

Julia “Butterfly” Hill


• Check these web sites:– Heroes for a better world– My Hero


http://www.betterworldheroes.com/hill.htm

Eknath Eswaran

• Try the Public Library’s Biography Database it has a magazine article


Lech Walesa


articles• Check the Current Biography magazine (May 1996) • Check the World Book Encyclopedia in print or online• Check these web sites:

– Nobel Prize– CNN– Sparatacus– Heroes for a better world

http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/walesa.html



http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1983/walesa-bio.html

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/kbank/profiles/walesa/

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/POLwalesa.htm

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/walesa.htm

Dolores Huerta


• Check the Current Biography magazine (Nov. 1997)• Check the World Book Encyclopedia in print or online• Check these web sites:

– United Farm workers– UXL– Heroes for a better world



http://www.doloreshuerta.org/dolores_huerta_foundation.htm

http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/chh/bio/huerta_d.htm

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/huerta.htm

Oprah Winfrey

• Time Magazine’s Biography• The FHS library has 3 Biographies• There are 14 entries in the Public Library’s Biography

database.• Check the same database for magazine and newspaper

articles.• Check the World Book Encyclopedia in print or online• Check these web sites:

– Her Official Biography– Academy of Achievement– Heroes for a better world




http://www.oprah.com/article/pressroom/oprahsbio/20080602_orig_oprahsbio

http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/win0bio-1

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/winfrey.htm

Cordell Hull






http://www.betterworldheroes.com/hull.htm

John Lennon


• The library has several biographies• Check the World Book Encyclopedia in print or online• Check these web sites:

– Rolling Stone– Official Web site– Heroes for a better world



http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/johnlennon/

http://www.johnlennon.com/html/news.aspx

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/lennon.htm

Linus Pauling



– Nobel Prize– Academy of Achievement– Interview– Heroes for a better world



http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1954/pauling-bio.html

http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/pau0bio-1

http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/conversations/Pauling/pauling1.html

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/pauling.htm

Pope John Paul II


articles• Check the World Book Encyclopedia in print or online• Check these web sites:

– CNN– PBS– NPR

http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/popejohn.html



http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/pope/bio/early/

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/pope/

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4571796

Sister Helen Prejean


• There are several newspaper and magazine articles on that site too.

• Check these web sites:– Official web site– Seattle U– Heroes for a better world


http://www.prejean.org/

http://www.seattleu.edu/lemlib/web_archives/DMW/author.htm

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/prejean.htm

Oscar Romero






http://www.betterworldheroes.com/romero.htm

Ginetta Sagan




http://www.betterworldheroes.com/sagan-ginetta.htm

Kofe Annan



– PBS– BBC– Heroes for a better world



http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/international/july-dec96/annan_12-16a.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3489888.stm

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/annan.htm

Peter Benenson


• Check these web sites:– Heroes for a better world– More or Less– Time


http://www.betterworldheroes.com/bunche.htm

Ralph Bunche



– Nobel Prize– PBS– Heroes for a better world



http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1950/bunche-bio.html

http://www.pbs.org/ralphbunche/

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/bunche.htm

Jacques-Yves Cousteau



– Spectrum– Cousteau Society– Heroes for a better world



http://www.incwell.com/Biographies/Cousteau.html

http://www.cousteau.org/jyc.html

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/cousteau.htm

Princess Diana



– The Royal Family– PBS– People– Heroes for a better world



http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page155.asp

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/royals/

http://www.people.com/people/static/h/package/dianaremembered/

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/spencer.htm

Thich Nhat Hanh


• Check these web sites:– PBS– Heroes for a Better world


http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week703/feature.html

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/hanh.htm

Albert Schweitzer



– Nobel Prize– Albert Schweitzer– Quotes– Heroes for a better world



http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1952/schweitzer-bio.html

http://www.albertschweitzer.info/

http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Albert_Schweitzer/

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/schweitzer.htm

Bertha von Suttner



– Heroes for a better world– Nobel Prize



http://www.betterworldheroes.com/suttner.htm

John Wallach


• Try these web sites:– Peace Heroes– U. S. Institute for Peace– Quotes


Craig Kielburger


• Check these web sites:– Peace Heroes– Heroes for a better world


http://www.peaceheroes.com/CraigKielburger/craigkielburgerbio.htm

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/kielburger.htm

Rafael Lemkin

• Try the Public Library’s Biography Database• Try these web sites:

– Peace Heroes– BBC


Albert John Lutuli



– African National Congress– Nobel Prize– Better world heroes



http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/lutuli/

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1960/lutuli-bio.html

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/lutuli.htm

Yitzhak Rabin


• Check the Current Biography magazine (obit. Jan. 1996)• Check the World Book Encyclopedia in print or online• Check these web sites:

– Nobel Prize– Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs– Jewish Virtual Library– Quotes



http://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/1994/rabin-bio.html

http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Facts%20About%20Israel/State/Yitzhak%20Rabin

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/rabin.html

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/y/yitzhak_rabin.html

Joseph Rotblat


• Check the Current Biography magazine (July 1997)• Check the World Book Encyclopedia in print or online• Check these web sites:

– Nuclear Age Peace Foundation– Quotes– Heroes for a better world



http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/2005/09/01_krieger_sir-joseph-rotblat.htm

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/joseph_rotblat.html

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/rotblat.htm

Adolfo Perez Esquivel



– Nobel Prize– Biography online– Heroes for a better world



http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1980/esquivel-bio.html

http://www.biographyonline.net/nobelprize/adolfo-esquivel.html

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/esquivel.htm

King Christian X of Denmark



– Biography– Official Bio– Nuclear Age Peace Foundation– Heroes for a better world



http://peachtree-online.com/Yellow_Star_no_art/Christian.htm

http://kongehuset.dk/publish.php?dogtag=k_en_his_chrx

http://www.wagingpeace.org/menu/programs/youth-outreach/peace-heroes/christian-king.htm

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/christian.htm

Frederik Willem de Klerk



– Nobel Prize– FW de Klerk Foundation– BBC– CNN



http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1993/klerk-bio.html

http://www.fwdklerk.org.za/



http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/2/newsid_2524000/2524997.stm

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/12/21/btsc.koinange.deklerk/index.html

Dwight D. Eisenhower



– Presidential Library– White House Bio– Spartacus– Heroes for a Better world



http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/de34.html

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAeisenhower.htm

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/eisenhower.htm

Benjamin Ferencz


• Check these web sites:– Law not war– Interview– Speech– Heroes for a better world


http://www.benferencz.org/

http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/Ferencz.html

http://www.un.org/icc/speeches/616ppc.htm

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/ferencz.htm

Mohandas Gandhi


articles• Check the Current Biography magazine Index• Check the World Book Encyclopedia in print or online• The library has a biography• Check these web sites:

– BBC– Monas– Gandhi– Heroes for a better world



http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/gandhi_mohandas.shtml

http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/Gandhi/gandhi.html

http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/95oct/mkgandhi.html

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/gandhi.htm

Martin Luther King


articles• Check the Current Biography magazine Index• Check the World Book Encyclopedia in print or online• The library has several biographies• Check these web sites:

– Nobel Prize Biography– Infoplease– LSU– Heroes for a better world

http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/king.html



http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/mlkbiospot.html

http://www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/mlk/srs218.html

http://www.betterworldheroes.com/king.htm

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Peace Heroes Dali Lama Peace Pilgrim Jeanette Rankin Jane Addams Jim Henson Coretta Scott King Jimmy Carter Helen Caldicott Cesar Chavez Daw Aung San Suu