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Wangari Maathai's Life in Weeks

Kenyan environmentalist and political activist who founded the Green Belt Movement, which planted over 51 million trees across Africa. She became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

1940–2011 Kenyan Environmentalist & Activist 3,729 weeks (71 years)

Wangari Maathai's 3,729 Weeks

Each box represents one week. Lived weeks Key milestones

3,729
Total Weeks
26,103
Days Lived
5
Key Milestones
71
Years

Key Milestones

Age 20 · Week ~1,040

Won a scholarship to study biology at Mount St. Scholastica College in the United States

Age 31 · Week ~1,612

Became the first woman in East and Central Africa to earn a doctoral degree

Age 37 · Week ~1,924

Founded the Green Belt Movement

Age 52 · Week ~2,704

Staged a hunger strike for the release of political prisoners in Kenya

Age 64 · Week ~3,328

Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

Legacy

Founded the Green Belt Movement and won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy, and peace.

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