Wangari Maathai
(1940-2011)
Kenyan environmental and political activist
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Wangarĩ Muta Maathai (1 April 1940 – 25 September 2011) was a Kenyan social, environmental, and political activist and the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. As a beneficiary of the Kennedy Airlift she studied in the United States, earning a Bachelor's Degree from Mount St. Scholastica and a Master's Degree from the University of Pittsburgh. She went on to become the first woman in East and Central Africa to become a Doctor of Philosophy, receiving her Ph.D. from the University of Nairobi in Kenya.
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Wangari Muta Maathai 1 April 1940 Ihithe village, Tetu division, Nyeri District, Kenya
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25 September 2011 (aged 71) Nairobi, Kenya
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