Summary
"When Wangari Maathai learned about how many trees had been cut down in Kenya, where she was from, she was horrified. So she founded the Green Belt Movement and got friends, family, and even strangers to help her plant trees and respect the environment--and she received a Nobel Peace Prize for her w... Full description
Series: She Persisted
She persisted: 13 American women who changed the world
She persisted around the world: 13 women who changed history
She persisted in science: brilliant women who made a difference
She persisted in sports: American Olympians who changed the game
Clara Lemlich
Claudette Colvin
Florence Griffith Joyner
Harriet Tubman
Helen Keller
Margaret Chase Smith
Maria Tallchief
Nellie Bly
Oprah Winfrey
Ruby Bridges
Sally Ride
Sonia Sotomayor
Virginia Apgar
Coretta Scott King
Malala Yousafzai
Marian Anderson
Maya Lin
Patsy Mink
Temple Grandin
Wangari Maathai
Wilma Mankiller
Bethany Hamilton
Deb Haaland
Dorothy Height
Ella Fitzgerald
Florence Nightingale
Kalpana Chawla
Pura BelpreĢ
Simone Biles