Wangari Muta Maathai
PersonKenyan environmentalist and politician who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 (1940–2011)
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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.
| Born | 1940-04-01 |
| Died | 2011-09-25 |
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