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Wangari Muta Maathai

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Wangari Muta Maathai

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Also known as Wangari Maathaï, Maathai, WangariMaathai, Wangari Maathai

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

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Wangari Muta Maathai was a person associated with the Denver area. She was recognized in the Nobel Peace collection and had one work count listed in the Open Library database. Her top work is titled *Unbowed*. She is also referenced by 682 other encyclopedia articles.

Maathai was born on April 1, 1940, and died on September 25, 2011. She is listed in the Commons category and gallery under the name "Wangari Maathai." Crossref lists five works for her, while the Nobel Prize database records one entry. Although MusicBrainz identifies her as male, the Open Library author name is Wangari Muta Maathai.

Synthesized by Vinony from 15 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Nobel Prize, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
1

Top works

  • Unbowed

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Denver

Discography

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Deep-inelastic scattering beyond the leading order in asymptotically free gauge theories

    · 1978 · cited 861x

  2. mtDNA mutations increase tumorigenicity in prostate cancer

    · 2005 · cited 690x

  3. Toward a protein–protein interaction map of the budding yeast: A comprehensive system to examine two-hybrid interactions in all possible combinations between the yeast proteins

    · 2000 · cited 603x

  4. Prediction of resistance to intravenous immunoglobulin treatment in patients with Kawasaki disease

    · 2006 · cited 487x

  5. HIV, Gender, Race, Sexual Orientation, and Sex Work: A Qualitative Study of Intersectional Stigma Experienced by HIV-Positive Women in Ontario, Canada

    · 2011 · cited 485x

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Peace Prize2004

    “for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace”

NobelPrize.org →

~40 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Wangarĩ Maathai (/wænˈɡɑːri mɑːˈðaɪ/; 1 April 1940 – 25 September 2011) was a Kenyan social, environmental, and political activist who founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmental organization focused on planting trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights. In 2004 she became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

As a beneficiary of the Kennedy Airlift, she studied in the United States, earning a bachelor's degree from Mount St. Scholastica College in Atchison, Kansas, and a master's degree from the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh. She then became the first woman in East and Central Africa to become a Doctor of Philosophy, receiving her Ph.D. from the University of Nairobi in Nairobi, Kenya. In 1984, she received the Right Livelihood Award for "converting the Kenyan ecological debate into mass action for reforestation."

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wangari Muta Maathai” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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