People of Peace

2. What was noteworthy about Eleanor Roosevelt's first press conference on March 6, 1933?

• Only women were invited.
  Right! Only women were invited. Women's rights was a vital issue to the First Lady. She invited only women to ensure that newspapers and news services would hire women to cover the event. Roosevelt was also a powerful voice in the fight for civil rights as a board member of the NAACP.
• It was the first press conference held at NAACP headquarters.
  Veto! Only women were invited. Women's rights was a vital issue to the First Lady. She invited only women to ensure that newspapers and news services would hire women to cover the event. Roosevelt was also a powerful voice in the fight for civil rights as a board member of the NAACP.
• It announced her resignation from the Daughters of the American Revolution.
  Try again. Only women were invited. Women's rights was a vital issue to the First Lady. She invited only women to ensure that newspapers and news services would hire women to cover the event. Roosevelt was also a powerful voice in the fight for civil rights as a board member of the NAACP.

3. Agnes Bojaxhiu is better known asà

• Rachel Carson.
  Nope. It's Mother Teresa. She was born Agnes Bojaxhiu in 1910 in Albania. She came to Calcutta to work with the sick and dying and in 1950 opened the Missionaries of Charity. In 1979, she won the Nobel Peace Prize.
• Mother Teresa.
  Correct! It's Mother Teresa. She was born Agnes Bojaxhiu in 1910 in Albania. She came to Calcutta to work with the sick and dying and in 1950 opened the Missionaries of Charity. In 1979, she won the Nobel Peace Prize.
• Florence Nightingale.
  Sorry. It's Mother Teresa. She was born Agnes Bojaxhiu in 1910 in Albania. She came to Calcutta to work with the sick and dying and in 1950 opened the Missionaries of Charity. In 1979, she won the Nobel Peace Prize.

4. South African anti-apartheid crusader Nelson Mandela was jailed in 1961. What was his crime?

• Treason.
  Incorrect. It was for leaving the country illegally. When peaceful resistance failed to end segregation, Mandela went abroad to solicit help for the African National Congress. While in prison, he was also tried for sabotage and served 27 years. He and F.W. de Klerk shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 for dismantling apartheid.
• Robbery.
  Uh-uh. It was for leaving the country illegally. When peaceful resistance failed to end segregation, Mandela went abroad to solicit help for the African National Congress. While in prison, he was also tried for sabotage and served 27 years. He and F.W. de Klerk shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 for dismantling apartheid.
• Leaving the country illegally.
  Yes! It was for leaving the country illegally. When peaceful resistance failed to end segregation, Mandela went abroad to solicit help for the African National Congress. While in prison, he was also tried for sabotage and served 27 years. He and F.W. de Klerk shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 for dismantling apartheid.

5. Which leading scientist's peace efforts resulted in the U.S.-Soviet nuclear test ban?

• Albert Einstein.
  Incorrect. It's Andrei Sakharov. He was the Soviet Union's leading physicist and helped develop the H-bomb, which he eventually called "the most terrible weapon in human history." Despite being called a "crystal of morality," by Khrushchev, he was exiled to Gorky because of his activism. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1975.
• Linus Pauling.
  Sorry. It's Andrei Sakharov. He was the Soviet Union's leading physicist and helped develop the H-bomb, which he eventually called "the most terrible weapon in human history." Despite being called a "crystal of morality," by Khrushchev, he was exiled to Gorky because of his activism. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1975.
• Andrei Sakharov.
  Bingo! It's Andrei Sakharov. He was the Soviet Union's leading physicist and helped develop the H-bomb, which he eventually called "the most terrible weapon in human history." Despite being called a "crystal of morality," by Khrushchev, he was exiled to Gorky because of his activism. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1975.