# Wangari Maathai

> She turned the simple act of planting a tree into a mass movement that reforested Kenya and won her the Nobel Peace Prize - the first African woman to receive it.

*Kenyan environmentalist and politician who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 (1940-2011)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Country:** Kenya
- **Born:** 1940-04-01
- **Died:** 2011-09-25
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Wangari Maathai came to the United States through the Kennedy Airlift, earned degrees in Kansas and Pittsburgh, then returned to Kenya to become the first woman in East and Central Africa to receive a Ph.D., from the University of Nairobi. In 1977 she founded the Green Belt Movement, linking environmental conservation with women's rights and transforming ecological debate into direct action: millions of trees planted across the country. The work earned her the Right Livelihood Award in 1984 for "converting the Kenyan ecological debate into mass action for reforestation." She entered parliament, served as assistant minister for environment and natural resources under President Mwai Kibaki from 2003 to 2005, and wrote extensively on ecology, development, gender, and African cultures. She died of ovarian cancer complications on 25 September 2011.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 74.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 3.2 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 25.0 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 11.9 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2214860/ (@nm2214860)

## Topics
#Politicians, #Politician, #Politics, #Biology, #20th Century

## Timeline
- **2011** - Died
- **2009** - Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun
- **2008** - Elizabeth Blackwell Award
- **2006** - Indira Gandhi Peace Prize
- **2005** - Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding
- **2004** - Sophie Prize
- **2004** - Nobel Peace Prize
- **1993** - Edinburgh Medal
- **1984** - Right Livelihood Award
- **1940** - Born

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