Jody Williams is the founding coordinator of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997.
In her article When Ordinary People Achieve Extraordinary Things, Williams says, “For me, the difference between an ‘ordinary’ and an ‘extraordinary’ person is not the title that person might have, but what they do [...]

photo: Actress Nicole Kidman launches Cancer Research UK’s breast cancer awareness campaign at Madame Tussauds in London on Sept. 29, 2006 (AP/Ian West, pa)
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Nicole Kidman is also a new U.N. goodwill ambassador for women:
“After a call from her mother about a BBC program on UNIFEM, Kidman contacted the executive director, Noeleen Heyzer, PhD, [...]