10.19.2005

are you able to keep a secret for half of your life??

http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/1931/

The Nobel Prize Organization can.
Information about the nominations, investigations, and opinions concerning the award is kept secret for fifty years.
Jane Addams was nominated 91 times, from 1916-1931, when she finally got it.
  • Miss Addams and Miss Starr made speeches about the needs of the neighborhood, raised money, convinced young women of well-to-do families to help, took care of children, nursed the sick, listened to outpourings from troubled people.