Monday, September 26, 2011

First African woman to win Nobel Peace Prize dies (AP)

FILE - In this file photo of Aug. 10, 2004. Wangari Maathai, Noble Peace Laureate and conservation heroine, is seen in Nairobi, Kenya. She was 71. Wangari Maathai, the first African woman recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, died after a long struggle with cancer, the environmental organization she founded said Monday Sept. 26, 2011. One of Kenya's most recognizable women, Maathai won her Nobel in 2004 for combining science and social activism. She was the founder of the Green Belt Movement, where over 30 years she mobilized poor women to plant 30 million trees. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi/file)AP - Wangari Maathai, the first African woman recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, died after a long struggle with cancer, the environmental organization she founded said Monday. She was 71.


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