In 2004 Pitt alumna Wangari Maathai became the first woman from this continent to win the Nobel Peace Prize
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Wangari Maathai - Wikipedia  Wangari Muta Maathai (1 April 1940  25 September 2011) was a Kenyan environmental and political activist. She was educated in the United States at Mount St. Scholastica (Benedictine College) and the University of Pittsburgh, as well as the University of Nairobi in Kenya. ... 2004, she became the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize...
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Wangari Maathai Biography - life, family, children, parents, story ...  In 2004 Wangari Maathai became an internationally recognized figure by becoming ... degree in biological sciences at the University of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) in 1965. .... myself in the forefront of fighting for the restoration of democracy in my country. ... "Wangari Maathai: First Black Woman to Win the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Wangari Maathai - Biographical - Nobelprize.org  The Nobel Peace Prize 2004 ... Wangari Muta Maathai was born in Nyeri, Kenya (Africa) in 1940. The first woman in East and Central Africa to earn a doctorate degree. ... earned a Master of Science degree from the University of Pittsburgh (1966). ... She became chair of the Department of Veterinary Anatomy and an...
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Wangari Maathai - Facts - Nobelprize.org  The Nobel Peace Prize 2004 ... Wangari Maathai was the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. ... from East and Central Africa to take a doctorate (in biology), and the first female professor ever in her home country of Kenya.
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Wangari Maathai - Environmental Activist, Government Official ...  Apr 2, 2014 ... She won the Nobel Peace Prize for her "holistic approach to ... Two years later, she completed a master's degree in biological sciences at the University of Pittsburgh. ... Maathai joined the university's faculty and became the first woman to ... impact that this development had on the country's environment.
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Free Flashcards about FAMOUS WOMEN - StudyStack  BERTHA VON SUTTNER, THE 2ND WOMAN TO WIN ONE OF THESE, WAS THE 1ST WOMAN TO WIN IN THE PEACE CATEGORY, NOBEL PRIZE.
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Ralph Bunche: UN Mediator in the Middle East ... - Nobelprize.org  Dec 9, 2006 ... In 1950 the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to the first ... He received the Peace Prize for his efforts as mediator between Arabs and Jews in the Israeli-Arab war in 1948-1949. These efforts resulted in armistice agreements between the new state of Israel and four of its Arab...
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World|Iranian Lawyer, Staunch Fighter For Human Rights, Wins Nobel  Oct 11, 2003 ... Shirin Ebadi, 56-year-old Iranian lawyer, becomes first Muslim woman to win Nobel Peace Prize; is recognized for her work ... ''If a country abuses human rights in the name of Islam, then it is not the fault of Islam.'' ... Vaclav Havel, the former Czech president, and Pope John Paul II. ... Go to Home Page ...
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Mother Teresa offers blessings, comfort to city Nobel peace laureate ...  May 30, 1996 ... Mother Teresa, the 4-foot-10 champion of the poor, visited Baltimore ... to city Nobel peace laureate hears renewal of vows, visits AIDS hospice ... Mother Teresa has opened hospices and clinics in 120 countries and ... to us, 'Come because I was hungry and you gave me food to eat. ... December 10, 1995.
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MSF Awarded Nobel Peace Prize | MSF USA  Oslo, October 15, 1999  The international medical relief organization ... Sans Frontires (MSF) was today awarded the international Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. ... who support the work and principles of MSF and of humanitarian assistance,"...
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Shirin Ebadi Becomes First Muslim Woman to Win Nobel Peace Prize  Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian lawyer, becomes the first muslim woman to win the Nobel ... who thought it would go to former Czech President Havel or Pope John Paul II. ... a woman who fought for women's rights and political change in her country ... MITCHELL: But when it comes to challenging Iran's hard-line rulers, friends say...
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Remembering Dr. Ralph Bunche: Activist, statesman, and Nobel ...  Aug 7, 2016 ... Dr. Ralph Bunche, the first black recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950, ... In the preface to Ralph Bunche, The Man and His Times, Benjamin Rivlin wrote: ... He was the first African American to gain a PhD in political science from ... 1950 Nobel Peace Prize and key drafter of the United Nations charter.
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All Nobel Peace Prizes - Nobelprize.org  Collage: Martin Luther King Jr., Lech Walesa, Henry Dunant, Mother Teresa. All Nobel Peace Prizes. The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded 97 times to 130 Nobel Laureates between ... "in recognition of the organization's pioneering humanitarian work on several continents" ... The 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso)...
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Nobel Peace Prize winner - The Nobel Peace Laureate Project  Dec 10, 2007 ... Charles Dawes won the honor of sharing the Nobel Peace Prize .... The next year, President Warren G. Harding ..... Prize. In 1945, the Nobel Committee awarded Cordell Hull the Prize for his work in the ..... John Mott's devotion to spreading a message of peace and good will among young .... www.ymca.net.
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The Nobel Peace Prize | MSF USA - Doctors Without Borders  MSF was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999. ... 1999. The judges chose MSF in recognition of the organization's pioneering humanitarian work on several...
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Nobel Prize 2016: Here Are the Winners (and What ... - Live Science  Oct 13, 2016 ... Here's a full list of 2016 Nobel Prize winners. ... A monument to Nobel Prize founder Alfred Nobel in New York City, as seen in 2006. ... These machines, a thousand times thinner than a strand of hair, included a tiny lift, ... to end the civil war between the government and the FARC guerrillas, on Oct. 2, 2016.
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Women Who Changed History - Scholastic  Jody Williams: I was in college during the Vietnam War. ... beginning, we've grown to a global movement that won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997. ... Question: Has your life changed since winning the Nobel Peace Prize? .... militaries about why they need to ban the weapon; and we coordinate all of these activities so that we...
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2009 Nobel Peace Prize - Wikipedia  The Audacity of Hope  Planned Library  Barack Obama signature.svg  President of the United States  v  t  e  Barack Obama with the Nobel Prize. U.S. President Barack Obama receiving the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. The 2009 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to United States President Barack Obama for his .... Subsequent to the award many Americans now consider that Obama did not...
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King wins Nobel Peace Prize - Oct 14, 1964 - HISTORY.com  On this day in History, King wins Nobel Peace Prize on Oct 14, 1964. ... Martin Luther King, Jr., was born in Atlanta in 1929, the son of a Baptist minister.
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The Nobel Peace Prize 1901-2000 - Nobelprize.org  Mar 15, 2001 ... In 1903 the prize went to William Randal Cremer, the "first father" of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. ... During the difficult war years, the Nobel Committee in neutral .... Long-time U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull was given the 1945 ... dean of the American peace movement, and to John Raleigh Mott,...
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Ralph Bunche: 12/10/1950 Ralph Bunche is the first African ...  ... first African-American awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, for his work with the UN [1950] ... December 10,1950: Ralph J. Bunche became the first African American to ... Ralph Bunche First African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950 ... He was awarded in 1950 for his successful mediation of a ceasefire between...