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Chapter seven on formal education is the richest chapter, analyzing some gripping oral testimony by individual Kenyan women who struggled to obtain secondary and post-secondary education in the 1930s through the 1950s. It is unsurprising that the following chapter is given over to bitterly resisted attempts to restrict or prohibit clitoridectomy.Juggling household responsibilities and an academic career alongside her husband’s hectic political life was too great a burden for their marriage. This book explores Maathai’s life within the historical, socioeconomic, and political contexts of her time. Her post–Nobel Peace Prize career was dominated by external engagements on diverse international forums. Mission Impact on Women in Colonial Kenya" in Women and Missions: Past and Present, Anthropological and Historical Perceptions.

Here you will find options to view and activate subscriptions, manage institutional settings and access options, access usage statistics, and more.The book is structured around Maathai’s life stages, focusing on milestones and noteworthy events within each chapter.