Amazing Women Whom You Never Known
5. Dr. Wangari Maathai:
She is a 2004 Nobel Peace prize winner and she serves as the environmental and political activist. She has also been considered as the first African women to have received the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize. She has been awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace. She is the founder of the Greenbelt Movement and she was responsible for convincing the Kenyans to start planting trees in their entire nation to protect against soil erosion and to provide ongoing firewood for cooking fires. Her effort has come out fruitful as now there are more than 20 million trees grown across the country.
