Wangari Maathai is famous for starting the Green Belt Movement, a women's organization that plants new trees in order to both preserve the environment and improve quality of life. She has worked hard for environmental issues, human rights and democracy on an international scale and she won the Nobel Prize in 2004 "for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace" (Nobel Prize.org).
Info comes from Nobel Prize.org and greenbeltmovement.org
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