HOLMES: Well, it's about nine minutes at the top of the hour now. And the Nobel Peace Prize hasn't gone to a woman since 2004. But now it's going to three women.</s>THORBJORN JAGLAND, NORWEGIAN NOBEL COMMITTEE CHMN.: We cannot achieve democracy and lasting peace in the world unless women obtain the same opportunities as men to influence developments at all levels of society.</s>HOLMES: That's the announcement in Oslo. But three women now who risked their lives pushing for peace will share in this award. Now, the three women we're talking about, one, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, she's the current president of Liberia, also Africa's first democratically elected female president. She's there on the right actually. She's Harvard educated. Also regarded as a reformer and peacekeeper in Liberia. Also, Leymah Gbowee, she's on the left of your screen. Also from Liberia. She played a key role in helping to bring peace to Liberia following 14 years of war. Also led a movement of women protesting rape and child soldiers during war. Also, in the middle there, you're seeing Tawakul Karman. She's the first Arab woman to ever win the Nobel Peace Prize before, during and after the Arab spring. She play a leading part in struggles for women's rights, democracy and peace in Yemen. Now all three women will split the $1.5 million in Nobel Prize money. The award chose the committee support for the growing role of female empowerment in developing nations. Well, we're about six minutes at the top of the hour. One man has a plan now for improving the old Frank Sinatra tune, "Take Me to the Moon." He wants to actually run on the lunar surface. Yes, we'll tell you when he wants to do it and why he wants to do it. Stay with us.
Three Women Win Nobel Peace Prize