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