Williams finished high school and married early during that violent era. Outside her work, she also looked after two children. Though she felt a sense of helplessness about the turmoil in Northern Ireland, she never thought she would be able to devote her energies toward peace.
在那暴力頻傳的年代，學歷僅有高中畢業的威廉斯早早就結了婚，生活中除了工作外更要打理兩個孩子的生活，對於北愛的紛紛擾擾雖然無奈，卻也沒想過可以貢獻自己的心力，促成和平。