Wangari Maathai

Wangari Maathai (1940-2011) was a Kenyan social, environmental and political activist and the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
She founded the Green Belt Movement in 1977 as an organization focused on planting trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights, served as a member of the Parliament of Kenya, and authored several books on conservation as well as a memoir. She has also been the subject of several all-ages books focusing on her work as an environmental activist.
==References==
* A photo of Maathai features among a number of inspirational women on Doctor Doc's Shero Wall in Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (positioned between Katherine Johnson and Dolly Parton).
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