Wangari Maathai

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Gender	Female
Death	13 years ago
Date of birth	April 1,1940
Zodiac sign	Aries
Born	Ihithe
	Kenya
Date of died	September 25,2011
Died	The Nairobi Hospital
	Nairobi
	Kenya
Children	Wanjira Mathai
	Waweru Mathai
	Muta Mathai
Job	Environmentalist
	Writer
	Political activist
Books	State of the world's minorities 2008: events of 2007
	Unbowed: A Memoir
	The Challenge for Africa
	The Green Belt Movement: sharing the approach and the experience
	The bottom is heavy too: even with the Green Belt Movement : the Fifth Edinburgh Medal Address
	Moral Ground: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril
Spouse	Mwangi Mathai
Education	University of Nairobi
Party	Mazingira Green Party of Kenya
Founded	Green Belt Movement
	Nobel Women's Initiative
	Mazingira Green Party Of Kenya
Nominations	NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Biography / Auto-biography
Nationality	Kenyan
Siblings	Moses Ndiritu Muta
Date of Reg.	2019-03-05 04:57:36
Date of Upd.	2023-08-10 00:56:52
ID	506301

Right Livelihood Award
Goldman Environmental Prize
Indira Gandhi Prize
Sophie Prize
Global 500 Roll of Honour
Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding
NAACP Image Award – Chairman's Award
Better World Society Award
J. Sterling Morton Award
Juliet Hollister Award
Petra Kelly Prize
Golden Ark Award
World Citizenship Award
Global Environment Award
The Nichols-Chancellor's Medal
Jane Addams Leadership Award
Glamour Award for The Peacemaker
Edinburgh Medal
Nobel Peace Prize

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Wangari Maathai Life story

Wangarĩ Muta Maathai was a Kenyan social, environmental, and political activist who founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmental organization focused on the planting of trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights. In 2004 she became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.