Theatre in the Round - Trailblazing Women - March 2024
Wangari Maathai (1940-2011) was born in Ihithe, Tetu, Kenya. Maathai has extensive education: an undergraduate degree in biology from Mount St. Scholastica College, a masters degree in biology from University of Pittsburgh and studied for a doctoral degree at University of Giessen, University of Munich and taught at the University of Nairobi while she finished her dissertation. Maathai also founded the Green Belt Movement (GBM is a grassroots organization that empowers women through the planting of trees). The GBM is known for its work in combating deforestation, and generating income for women. To quote the Green Belt Movement: Her life was a series of firsts: the first woman to gain a Ph.D. in East and Central Africa; the first female chair of a department at the University of Nairobi; and the first African woman and the first environmentalist to receive the Nobel Peace Prize (2004). Honored throughout the world for her work for the environment, democracy, and peace, Professor Maathai was the author of four books including her autobiography: Unbowed and the subject of a documentary film, Taking Root. Maathai has spoken at many UN conferences and won a Nobel Peace Prize. This spring you should plant a tree in her honor.
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