Wangarĩ Maathai
✶April 1, 1940
†September 25, 2011
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✶April 1, 1940
†September 25, 2011
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Wangarĩ Maathai was a Kenyan social, environmental, and political activist who founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmental organization focused on planting trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights. In 2004, she became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Kenyan environmental activist (1940–2011)
Biography from the article Wangarĩ Maathai on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.