Science · Literature · Activism · 1867–1961
Emily Greene Balch
Nobel Peace Prize-winning economist and lifelong pacifist
Did you know?She was dismissed from her professorship at Wellesley College due to her outspoken opposition to American involvement in World War I.
Emily Greene Balch (January 8, 1867 – January 9, 1961) was an American economist, sociologist and pacifist.
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- Age at death
- 94
- Years since death
- 65
- Born
- January 8, 1867 · Jamaica Plain, United States
- Died
- January 9, 1961
- Nationality
- American
- Known for
- Science, Literature, Activism
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