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McQuerry, Maureen

Summary: "Wangari Maathai worked to heal and revive damaged land by planting new trees. Discover her big ideas about restoring nature and ways you can help too!"--Back cover.

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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2022

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Napoli, Donna Jo

Summary: The story of Wangari Maathai, who in 1977 founded the Green Belt Movement, an African grassroots organization, and in 2004 was the first African woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2010

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Winter, Jeanette

Summary: This true story of Wangari Maathai, environmentalist and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is a shining example of how one woman's passion, vision, and determination inspired great change.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Company 2018

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Maathai, Wangari.

Summary: Maathai, the winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and a single mother of three, recounts her life as a political activist, feminist, and environmentalist in Kenya. Born in a rural village in 1940, she was already an iconoclast as a child, determined to get an education even though most girls were uneducated. We see her become the first woman both in East and Central Africa to earn a PhD and to...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2006

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MAATHAI, WANGARI MAA

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