Emma and Emlyn teach each other about historic (and current) women in STEM and remind each other about things they DEF should know.
Episodes
Monday Aug 24, 2020
Monday Aug 24, 2020
Alternate Title: A TREE-mendous Life
Emma tells Emlyn about Dr. Wangari Muta Maathai, the environmentalist, activist, and Nobel Peace Prize winner who founded the grassroots tree-planting campaign, the Greenbelt Movement.
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Sources
Main Story - Wangari Maathai
- The Green Belt Movement
- Maathai, Wangari, Unbowed: a Memoir. William Heinemann, London, 2007.
- Wangari Maathai – Biographical. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2020. Mon. 24 Aug 2020. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2004/maathai/biographical/>
- Perlez, Jane. “Nairobi Journal; Skyscraper's Enemy Draws a Daily Dose of Scorn.” The New York Times. 1989. https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/06/world/nairobi-journal-skyscraper-s-enemy-draws-a-daily-dose-of-scorn.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm
- Gettleman, Jeffrey. “Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Dies at 71.” The New York Times. 2011. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/world/africa/wangari-maathai-nobel-peace-prize-laureate-dies-at-71.html
Women who Work
- Press release by The Royal Society: https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/awards/attenborough-prize/
- Wikipedia on Alice Roberts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Roberts
Music
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Work” by Rihanna
Cover Image
Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA - Wangari Maathai 2004 Nobel Peace prize winner
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