INDEX
Britain, 8
,
12
college, 5
,
11–13
deforestation, 15–18
,
22
deputy minister for the
environment, 24
government, 12
,
16
,
22
,
24
Green Belt Movement, 5
,
20–22
,
26–28
habitat, 17
Ihithe, Kenya, 6
,
18
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.
Foundation, 10–11
Kikuyu, 6
Mount Saint Scholastica, 11
Nobel Peace Prize, 5
,
25
,
27
Nyeri, Kenya, 8
reforestation, 20
scholarship, 10
school, 8–11
,
13
tenant farmer, 7–8
University of Nairobi, 13
University of Pittsburgh, 11
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jennifer Swanson is the author of more than twenty-five STEM
books for kids. She is always thrilled to learn about pioneering
women who have helped the world through their love of science.
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