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Apr 01, 1940 Tetu, Kenya Died on 25 Sep 2011 (aged 71)
Kenyan environmental and political activist
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About Wangari Maathai
- Wangari Muta Maathai (; 1 April 1940 – 25 September 2011) was a renowned Kenyan social, environmental and political activist and the first African woman to win the Nobel Prize.
- She was educated in the United States at Mount St.
- Scholastica (Benedictine College) and the University of Pittsburgh, as well as the University of Nairobi in Kenya. In 1977, Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmental organization focused on the planting of trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights.
- In 1984, she was awarded the Right Livelihood Award.
- Maathai was an elected member of Parliament and served as assistant minister for Environment and Natural resources in the government of President Mwai Kibaki between January 2003 and November 2005.
- She was an Honorary Councillor of the World Future Council.
- She was affiliated to professional bodies and received several awards.
- On Sunday, 25 September 2011, Maathai died of complications from ovarian cancer.
