Emily Greene Balch was an American economist, sociologist and pacifist. Balch combined an academic career at Wellesley College with a long-standing interest in social issues such as poverty, child labor, and immigration, as well as settlement work to uplift poor immigrants and reduce juvenile delinquency. The Nobel Peace Prize 1946, announced November 14, 1946. Emily Greene Balch (1/2), “for her lifelong work for the cause of peace”. John R. Mott (1/2), “for his contribution to the creation of a peace-promoting religious brotherhood across national boundaries”. Emily Greene Balch: born 1867, Jamaica Plain, MA (now Boston, MA), USA. John R. Mott: born 1865, Livingston Manor, NY, USA. Wiki link Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).