In 2004, Wangari Maathai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the first African woman to receive the honor. #todayinhistory Maathai was a Kenyan activist who established the Green Belt Movement. She promoted environmental stewardship, women's rights and peaceful resistance. She died of cancer in 2011. She was 71. https://trib.al/Cgf7Ntm | NPR

The first woman in East and Central Africa to earn a doctorate degree, the first female professor in Kenya and the first African woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Today we're celebrating Nobel Prize laureate Wangari Maathai. #WangariMaathaiDay | Nobel Prize

224K views · 4.7K reactions | Wangari Maathai: the woman who founded the Green Belt Movement which led to the planting of over 50 million trees in Africa and created jobs for women. Maathai was not just an environmental activist and political campaigner who fought for democracy - she was also the first woman in East and Central Africa to earn a doctorate degree. #InternationalWomensDay | Nobel Prize | Facebook