Source: The Safe Sea Of Women; Lesbian Fiction 1969 ~ 1989 - By Bonnie Zimmerman

Choice, not force.

Digital illustration of an Asian woman with long black hair with a shaved side part. She’s wearing a purple skater dress and holding a chubby baby. The baby is wearing a green striped onesie and holding a panda toy. They are among a leafy background and there’s a speech bubble that reads, ‘motherhood by choice, not force.’

Wangarĩ Muta Maathai

The first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, Wangarĩ Muta Maathai, Ph.D. (1940-2011) was a Kenyan social, environmental, and political activist.

Born in Ihithe, the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya, Maathai studied at boarding schools and was rated first in her class. East African colonialism was ending around the same time as her high school, and Maathai was one of 300 Kenyans selected to study in the United States in the Airlift Africa program for college.

She received a bachelor's in biology with minors in chemistry and German, and then a master's in biology. She would receive her Ph.D. in veterinary anatomy from the University of Nairobi.

In 1977, Maathai started the 'Green Belt Movement', a grassroots-based NGO focused on environmental conservation, under the auspices of the National Council of Women of Kenya. The Green Belt Movement is a holistically-minded one, and it believes that equality for women, economic development, and justice are parts of environmental justice rather than obstacles.

Since the Green Belt Movement started, over 51 million trees have been planted and over 30,000 women have been trained in environmental-related trades.

Maathai was an elected member of the Parliament of Kenya, the 1984 winner of the Right Livelihood Award, an author of several books, and a winner of both the Nobel Peace Prize (2004) and Indira Gandhi Peace Prize (2006)

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A friend once told me that when they are struggling with getting laundry done, she pretends it is her sworn duty to smuggle the young prince out of the castle to safety, disguised in a laundry hamper.

Now, when I am struggling with hygiene, I pretend I am part of a village with an annual festival, and I get one day a year to spend luxuriously at a bathhouse in preparation.

What my friend imparted on me was the skill of turning mundane tasks into fantastical adventures to make them more compelling and bearable.

So next time you need to go on a mental health walk, maybe consider doing reconnaissance for a secret underground organisation.

Next time cooking is too much of a chore, consider you ability to turn space station rations into a feast to the delight of your crewmates.

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