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Unbowed, A Memoir

Unbowed, A Memoir

by Wangari Maathai

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

A readable and inspiring memoir by the Nobel Peace Prize winner and the first Kenyan woman to earn a doctorate. Maathai founded Kenya's Green Belt Movement in 1977 and has fought hard both for women's rights and for the environment all her life.  (EAF167, $16.00)

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