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Jun 19, 2019
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Media: Oil gessoed board
Size: 8x8 in
Baroness Bertha von Suttner became
the first Nobel Peace Prize recipient and the second woman Nobel Laureate in
1905. The motivation for this honor was for her "audacity to oppose the horrors
of war" and for her powerful novel, "Lay Down Your Arms" published in
1889. She chose to write in novel form
to entice more readers. This novel, a
love story, rapidly became widely read and then translated from German into
many languages. During this time when the political world was extremely male dominated,
she earned the name "Generalissimo" of the Peace Movement. Her courageous
opposition to the horrors of war was clearly and cleverly written through discussions
and debates that critique the common idea that war is an honorable and obligatory
way of life. I found the book illuminating and filled with all the reasons why
war serves no rational and humanitarian purpose. Bertha died two months before
the beginning of the first world war that she had warned and struggled against. I think this book offers a critical
look at war that should be part of the high school curriculum. "Achieving progress through achieving
peace", Bertha von Suttner
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1905/suttner/biographical/
Baroness Bertha von Suttner became
the first Nobel Peace Prize recipient and the second woman Nobel Laureate in
1905. The motivation for this honor was for her "audacity to oppose the horrors
of war" and for her powerful novel, "Lay Down Your Arms" published in
1889. She chose to write in novel form
to entice more readers. This novel, a
love story, rapidly became widely read and then translated from German into
many languages. During this time when the political world was extremely male dominated,
she earned the name "Generalissimo" of the Peace Movement. Her courageous
opposition to the horrors of war was clearly and cleverly written through discussions
and debates that critique the common idea that war is an honorable and obligatory
way of life. I found the book illuminating and filled with all the reasons why
war serves no rational and humanitarian purpose. Bertha died two months before
the beginning of the first world war that she had warned and struggled against. I think this book offers a critical
look at war that should be part of the high school curriculum. "Achieving progress through achieving
peace", Bertha von Suttner
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1905/suttner/biographical/ |
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