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By Botty Snyder

Updated 6 December 2022

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Artist	Manfred Werner - Tsui
Credit	Own work
License	cc-by-sa-3.0
Desc	Betty Williams at the Women's World Award 2009 (Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria) where she recieved the 'World Achievement Award'.
Usage	Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0

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Northern Irish peace activist (1943-2020)

Betty Williams is ...

Dead

Born	22 May 1943 in Belfast
Died	17 March 2020 in Belfast
Age	76 years, 10 months

Sex or gender	female
Country of citizenship	United Kingdom
Spouse	Ralph Williams and James Perkins
Occupation	peace activist
Awards	Nobel Peace Prize, maternal insult and Carl-von-Ossietzky-Medaille
Member of	Nobel Women's Initiative
Educated at	St Dominic's Grammar School for Girls

About Betty Williams

Betty Williams born on 22 May 1943 in Belfast. She is a citizen of United Kingdom. Betty Williams was educated at St Dominic's Grammar School for Girls. She died on 17 March 2020 in Belfast at age 76 years, 9 months.

She was a Northern Irish peace activist (1943-2020).

Betty Williams has had two spouses: Ralph Williams and James Perkins.

Betty Williams has worked as a peace activist. She has been a member of Nobel Women's Initiative. She has has won Nobel Peace Prize, maternal insult and Carl-von-Ossietzky-Medaille.

She is also known as Elisabeth Smyth and Elizabeth Williams.