Wangari Maathai Biography: She Planted 51 Million Trees, and They Beat Her Unconscious for It.
The Wangari Maathai Biography: She Planted 51 Million Trees, and They Beat Her Unconscious for It. Wangari Maathai was the first woman in East and Central Africa to earn a doctorate. She started planting trees in 1977 with rural Kenyan women. The government called her subversive, evicted her with 24 hours notice, beat her unconscious, … Read more