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Maa·thai, Wangari

/məˈtī/
- 1. (1940–2011), Kenyan environmentalist, human rights activist, and feminist. The founder of the Green Belt Movement, which has planted 30 million trees, she was the first woman in east or central Africa to earn a Ph.D. She was deputy minister in the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources, and Wildlife 2003–05. Nobel Peace Prize (2004).
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Wangarĩ Maathai
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Kenyan environmentalist and politician who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004
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Wangarĩ Muta Maathai (1 April 1940 – 25 September 2011) was a Kenyan social, environmental, and political activist who founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governm... Wikipedia
- Born: April 1, 1940, Ihithe, Tetu, Kenya
- Died: September 25, 2011, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Cause of Death: Ovarian cancer
- Spouse: Mwangi Mathai(m 1969 - 1979)
- Children: Wanjira Mathai
- Education: Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Loreto High School, Limuru, Benedictine College, University of Nairobi, University of Giessen, University of Pittsburgh
- Founded: Mazingira Green Party of Kenya
- Important works: Earth Keepers, The 11th Hour, Nobelity
- Written: Unbowed
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