Wangari Maathai

Was born in 1949.
Attended Mount St. Scholastica College from 1964-1966.
Attended Benedictine College in 1964.
Attended University of Giessen and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in 1967.
Attended University College of Nairobi in 1969.
Was married in 1969.
Had her first son, Waweru.
Was the first Eastern African woman to receive a Ph.D 1971.
Had her daughter, Wanjira in 1971.
Was a senior lecturer in anatomy in 1975.
Was the chair of the Department of Veterinary Anatomy in 1976.
Was an associate professor in 1977.
Was a member of the Nairobi branch of the Kenya Red Cross Society.
Was the Kenya Red Cross Society director in 1973.
She was a member of the Kenya Association of University Women.
Was in the the National Council of Women of Kenya (NCWK).
Was in the first UN conference on human settlements in 1976.
Her and her husband separated in 1977.
She filed for divorce in 1979.
Worked for the Economic Commission for Africa.
Was awarded the Right livelihood Award in 1984.
Her children lived with their father till 1985.
Was elected chairman of the NCWK.
Became Wilhelm Elsruds’ partner in the Green Belt Movement.
Was awarded the Better World Society Award in 1986.
Stepped down as chairman of NCWK in 1987.
Was awarded the Global 500 Roll of Honor in 1987.
Was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1991.
Was arrested on charges of spreading malicious rumors, sedition and treason in 1992.
Was knocked out by police during a hunger strike in 1992.
The president claimed that Maathai had masterminded a distribution of leaflets inciting Kikuyus to attack Kalenjins in 1993.
Her friend and supporter Dr. Makanga was kidnapped.
She went into hiding.
Awarded the Edinburgh Medal in 1993.
Awarded the Jane Addams Leadership Award in 1993.
Awarded the Golden Ark Award in 1994.
Was arrested for collecting petition signatures, in 2001.
Was appointed Assistant Minister in the Ministry for Environment and Natural Resource in 2003.
Stepped down as Assistant Minister in 2005.
Was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004.
Was awarded the Petra Kelly Prize in 2004 .
Was awarded the J. Sterling Morton Award in 2004 .
Was awarded the Sophie Prize in 2004.
Was elected the first president of the African Union's Economic, Social and Cultural Council in 2005.
Was appointed a goodwill ambassador in 2005.
Was awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding in 2005.
Was named as one of PeaceByPeace.com's first peace heroes in 2009.
Awarded the NAACP Image Award – Chairman's Award in 2009.
Served on the Eminent Advisory Board of the Association of European Parliamentarians with Africa (AWEPA) from 2009- death.
Awarded The Nichols-Chancellor's Medal in 2011.
Dies of complications arising from ovarian cancer in 2011.
The inaugural Wangari Maathai Award was launched in 2012.

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