Betty Williams
- Born:1943
- Won the Peace Prize:1976
About
In 1976, Betty Williams was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, together with Mairead Corrigan Maguire, for campaigning against the conflict between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland. That same year, Williams had witnessed the deaths of three young children after a clash between British soldiers and an IRA man in Belfast. In the aftermath, she started a petition for peace in Northern Ireland. Williams met Mairead Corrigan Maguire at the funeral of the three children. Together they founded a peace organization to end the conflict between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland.
The footprints of Betty Williams in Stavanger.
