🌟 Introduction Wangari Maathai was a trailblazing Kenyan environmentalist, activist, and politician whose pioneering work not only fought deforestation but reshaped democracy, women's rights, and community development across Africa. 📚 Full Biography & Career Highlights Early Life & Education Born on 1 April 1940 in Ihithe (Nyeri District), Kenya Through a Kennedy Airlift scholarship, she earned a B.S. in biology at Mount St. Scholastica College (1964) and an M.S. at the University of Pittsburgh (1966) In 1971, she became the first woman in East/Central Africa to earn a Ph.D., receiving…