Mother Teresa Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
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- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Women’s Issues, Religion, Ethics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: Peace Movement, Pacifism, Pacifists, Monks, Nuns, Monasteries, Convents, Human Rights, Poverty, Poor People, Humanitarian Aid, Disaster Relief
- Curriculum: Women’s History, 20th & 21st Century European History, Eastern European History, Asian History
- Geographical Location: Norway, Scandinavia
- Date: December 10, 1979
Article abstract: Mother Teresa of Calcutta, founder of the Missionaries of Charity, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for years of dedicated work with lepers and the poor, hungry, and destitute.
Summary of Event
Mother Teresa of Calcutta was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje, Ottoman Empire (now Yugoslavia), on August 27, 1910, to Albanian parents. She was one of three children, one boy and two girls. At the age of eighteen, she volunteered for Roman Catholic missionary work and went to Ireland, where she joined the Loreto nuns. From there, she was...
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