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Johnny Appleseed Walked Through a Snowstorm for His Seedlings
Johnny Appleseed was a real man named John Chapman, born in Massachusetts in 1774 and raised in a home where he grew a lifelong devotion to the Bible.
Wangari Maathai Started with One Tree at a Time
Wangari Maathai was born in Nyeri, Kenya, in 1940 and became the first woman in East and Central Africa to earn a doctorate. In 1976, while serving with the National Council of Women of Kenya, she introduced a simple idea: plant trees with ordinary people.