{"product_id":"unbowed-9780307263483","title":"Unbowed","description":"\u003cp\u003eHugely charismatic  humble  and possessed of preternatural luminosity of spirit  Wangari Maathai  the winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and a single mother of three  recounts her extraordinary life as a political activist  feminist  and environmentalist in Kenya.  Born in a rural village in 1940  Wangari Maathai was already an iconoclast as a child  determined to get an education even though most girls were uneducated. We see her studying with Catholic missionaries  earning bachelors and masters degrees in the United States  and becoming the first woman both to earn a PhD in East and Central Africa and to head a university department in Kenya. We witness her numerous run-ins with the brutal Moi government. She makes clear the political and personal reasons that compelled her  in 1977  to establish the Green Belt Movement  which spread from Kenya across Africa and which helps restore indigenous forests while assisting rural women by paying them to plant trees in their villages. We see how Maathais extraordinary courage and determination helped transform Kenyas government into the democracy in which she now serves as assistant minister for the environment and as a member of Parliament. And we are with her as she accepts the Nobel Peace Prize  awarded in recognition of her contribution to sustainable development  human rights  and peace.  In Unbowed  Wangari Maathai offers an inspiriting message of hope and prosperity through self-sufficiency.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45960391032885,"sku":"ByrdShop_0307263487","price":22.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780307263483.jpg?v=1788285849","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/unbowed-9780307263483","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}