Wangari Maathai

Environmental Activist

Quote: " Human rights are not things that are not things that are put on the table for people to enjoy. These are things you fight fo and then you protect." (Source: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91TS6Bg5wFL._SL1500_.jpg)

Biography: In 1971 she received a Ph.D. at the University of Nairobi, effectively becoming the first woman in either East or Central Africa to earn a doctorate. Her work was often considered both unwelcome and subversive in her own country, where her outspokenness constituted stepping far outside traditional gender roles. (Sources: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wangari-Maathai)