Posted on April 1, 2019
She was the first African woman to ever win the Nobel Peace Prize.
She was also the first environmentalist to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Born on this date in 1940, in Kenya, Wangari Maathai was educated in two universities in the U.S. as well as in the University of Nairobi in Kenya. She studied biology and veterinary science. Out of school, she married and had children, and she began to teach at the university level.
For a while there, in every job Maathai held, she was the first woman to have held that job: first female senior lecturer in anatomy, first female chair of the Department of Veterinary Anatomy, first female associate professor...
In 1977, Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental organization that focused on planting trees, conserving the environment, and developing and safeguarding women's rights.
Maathai was eventually elected a member of Parliament and served with an administration as an assistant minister for environmental resources. She even became part of the World Future Council.
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