Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961, American economist and sociologist, b. Jamaica Plain, Mass., grad. Bryn Mawr, 1889. She taught at Wellesley College until her dismissal (1918) for opposing U.S. involvement in World War I. Co-founder of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom with Jane Addams and its international secretary from 1919 to 1922, she shared with John R. Mott the 1946 Nobel Peace Prize.

(born Jan. 8, 1867, Jamaica Plain, Mass., U.S.—died Jan. 9, 1961, Cambridge, Mass.) U.S. sociologist and peace activist. She studied at Bryn Mawr College and taught at Wellesley College from 1896. She founded a settlement house in Boston and served on state commissions on industrial relations (1908–09) and immigration (1913–14). She lost her professorship in 1918 because of her opposition to U.S. entry into World War I. In 1919 she helped found, with Jane Addams, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. In 1946 she shared the Nobel Prize for Peace with John R. Mott (1865–1955).

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(born Jan. 8, 1867, Jamaica Plain, Mass., U.S.—died Jan. 9, 1961, Cambridge, Mass.) U.S. sociologist and peace activist. She studied at Bryn Mawr College and taught at Wellesley College from 1896. She founded a settlement house in Boston and served on state commissions on industrial relations (1908–09) and immigration (1913–14). She lost her professorship in 1918 because of her opposition to U.S. entry into World War I. In 1919 she helped found, with Jane Addams, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. In 1946 she shared the Nobel Prize for Peace with John R. Mott (1865–1955).

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Balch is a surname that may apply to:

• Antony Balch (1937-1980), British film director
• Emily Greene Balch (1867-1961), American pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient
• Rear Admiral George Beall Balch (1821-1908), American
• USS Balch, named for Admiral Balch
• USS Balch (DD-363) and
• USS Balch (DD-50) also named for Admiral Balch
• Herbert E. Balch (1869-1958), British archaeologist and caver
• Maj. Joseph Pope Balch (1822-1872), American Civil War veteran of Rhode Island
• John Balch, builder of the John Balch House (1679), in Beverly, Massachusetts
• John Henry Balch (1896-1980), United States Navy
• Oscar B. Balch, American decorator who built the Oscar B. Balch House (1911) by Frank Lloyd Wright
• Dr Pamela Balch, president of West Virginia Wesleyan College
• Dr. Reginald Ernest Balch (1894-1994), British Canadian photographer and scientist
• Robert Balch (1945- ), American sociologist
• Stephen Bloomer Balch (1747-1833), American Presbyterian minister
• Stephen H. Balch, American scholar
• Thomas Balch (1821-1877), American historian

It may apply to

• Balch & Bingham, law firm in Birmingham, Alabama
• Balch Cave in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England, named for Herbert E. Balch
• Balch Creek in Portland, Oregon, named for settler Danforth Balch
• Balch (crater), a crater on Venus
• Balch Fieldhouse, an arena in Boulder, Colorado
• Balch Hall, at Cornell University
• Balch House (Cincinnati, Ohio), a registered historic building
• Balch Pond, on the Maine-New Hampshire border
• Balch Springs, Texas

For the mildly intoxicating Mayan drink,see Balché.