Emily
Balch was
born in Boston, Massachusetts on 8th January,
1867. After graduating from Bryn Mawr College in 1889, Balch continued
her studies in Paris and Berlin.
On the arrival back in the United States she
attended the University of Chicago before beginning her teaching career
at Wellesley College. During this period she wrote Outline
of Economics
(1899) and A
Study of Conditions of City Life
(1903).
Working closely with Jane Addams and other
social reformers at Hull
House, Balch studied the life of immigrants in Chicago.
Her research resulted in the book, Our
Slavic Fellow Citizens (1910).
A committed pacifist,
Balch opposed USA involvement in the First World
War and was a member of the Woman's Peace
Party (WPP) and the Women's International
League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). As a result of her anti-war
activities, Balch was dismissed as professor of political economy
at Wellesley College.
Balch, who was secretary of the Women's
International League for Peace and Freedom
(1918-22 and 1934-35), won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946. In her later
life Balch wrote several important books including Refugees
as Assets
(1939), One
Europe
(1947) and Toward
Human Unity, or Beyond Nationalism
(1952). Emily
Balch
died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on 9th January, 1961.
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