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Birth
She was born in Nyeri, Kenya -
Middle School
She went to St. Cecilia middle school -
High School graduation.
She graduated from Loreto high school -
Selected to study in the US
She studied biological studies in Mount St. Scholastica College. -
Master's degree
She studied a Master's degree in Biology at the University of Pittsburgh -
Professor of Zoology
She returned to Kenya to be a research assistant to a professor of Zoology -
Marriage
She married with Mwangi Mathai -
Green Belt Movement
She started the green belt movement which wanted to save nature by planting trees -
Nobel prize
She got the Nobel Peace Prize for saving the nature. -
NAACP prize
She got the NAACP chairman's award. -
Death
She died of Ovarian cancer
