You're in an open field, and you have to pee. There is a park nearby but it has no bathrooms. The park is full of kids, and you don't want them to see you pee yourself. You feel a long spurt fight its way out. You... Run into the woods across the street, find a bush, and pee in it.
Recognition of these efforts came with the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Addams in 1931. As the first U.S. woman to win the prize, Addams was applauded for her expression of an essentially American democracy.. Source: Wikipedia. Jane Addams was a world renowned social worker. Most connected with her work in Chicago with Hull House, she worked for peace and freedom, justice and equality tirelessly in many arenas her entire, very long life. Jane Addams won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931. She was the first American woman to win this prestigious award.
Gabriela Mistral, Chile (1945). The fifth of 12 female Nobel Laureates in Literature, Gabriela Mistral was the first Latin American winner ever. She began writing poetry while working as a village schoolteacher, after her lover committed suicide.ario Vargas Llosa is the first Latin American to win the honored literary prize in 12 years. Of the 102 awards presented since 1901, only seven have gone to Latin American writers.