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What were the two major achievements that got Wangri Maathai worldwide recognition?​

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Wangri Maathai was the first African woman to receive a Nobel Peace Prize. She was also the first woman in East and Central Africa to take a doctorate in Biology. That leaded her to being the first professor in her home country Kenya.
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