Who are Some Nobel Peace Prize Winners?
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The Nobel Peace Prize is an award given annually to the person that is thought to have done the best work towards fraternity between nations, towards the abolition or reduction of standing armies, and for holding and promotion of peace congresses. It was established in the will of Alfred Nobel, who was a wealthy Norwegian inventor and industrialist. The winner receives a medal, a cash award, and worldwide recognition. There have been many notable Nobel Peace Prize winners, and the first ones were awarded to two men in 1901. They were Frédéric Passy, founder and President of first French peace society, and Henry Dunant, founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Soon after that in 1905, the first woman would receive a Nobel Peace Prize. She was Bertha von Suttner, who received the prize for being a leading figure in the peace movements of the day. U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt was bestowed the honor the following year for peace treaty collaborations which brokered the Tre
