Dr. Wangari Maathai?
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Dr. Maathai was the first woman from a Central African
country to earn her Ph.D., she was the first woman be a professor in Kenya, and
she was the first woman from an African country to receive the Nobel Peace
Prize. Perhaps her greatest legacy was the Green Belt Movement that she began
in 1977. Dr. Maathai gave women trees to plant because, “she saw tree-planting
in a broader perspective which included democracy, women’s rights, and
international solidarity.” The Nobel committee said of Maathai that, “She
thinks globally and acts locally.”
Check out our blog post from a few years ago:
Source:
Nobelprize.org. (2018). Wangari Maathai-Facts. Retrieved from: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2004/maathai-facts.html
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