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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 2004
Page
2
California attorney general Bill Lockyer said the voters and Legislature must decide if same sex marriage should be legal, emphasizing recognition of committed relationships while defending laws against marriage bans amid lawsuits alleging discrimination. An inmate escape story and a casino workers strike follow in brief notices.
Kenyan environmental and human rights activist Wangari Maathai won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize worth 1.3 million dollars. She campaigns to protect forests, vows to empower women, and led the Green Belt Movement planting millions of trees while serving as deputy environment minister.
Special to the Journal World Wangari Maathai the first African woman Nobel Peace Prize winner is recalled by Mount St. Scholastica Academy nuns in Atchison She attended 1960 to 1964 earning a biology degree before pursuing higher studies and global environmental and human rights work.
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