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A Vanderbilt University student will soon be honored with the so-called Nobel Prize for child advocates after creating self-defense videos that help women fight back and live life on their own terms.
Dallas Jessup, 20, began her mission to empower women when she was just a high school freshman and saw a frightening video of a Florida girl.
"A man came up and said something to her, and she went away willingly. And four days later, they found her body. And I watched that going, 'that...

Self-Defense Advocate Wants Annual Training
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- An 18-year-old Vanderbilt University freshman will testify before a Congressional committee Thursday in Washington.
Dallas Jessup advocates teaching annual self-defense skills to young women beginning in middle schools so that they can protect themselves from rapists, murderers and human traffickers.
Jessup has a black belt in martial arts. In high school, she began an outreach program to empower girls and women...