12 Things You Need To Know About Jane Goodall That Weren't Common Knowledge For You
by N/A, 9 years ago |
2 min read
Jane Goodall is an inspiration to anyone who wants to do good in the world.Â
1. The passionate environmentalist started her life's work with chimpanzees at the age of 26.
2. She's headed off into the Gombe National Park in Tanzania to observe chimps without help from anyone.
3. Despite not having an undergraduate degree, she was accepted into the Ph.D. program at Cambridge University.
She's 1 of 9 to have received this honor.Â
4. She's honored on Disney's tree of life.
5. She helped end medical testing on chimpanzees.
6. She's a “Dame of the British Empire.â€
That's basically the female version of a night.Â
7. She travels more than 300 days out of the year to advocate for chimpanzees and talk to people about conservation.
8. She was named a Messenger of Peace by the United Nations.
9. She lived in a tent for the first five years that she was completing research.
10. She's rescued more than 190 orphaned and injured chimpanzees.
11. She married Gombe National Park's first National Geographic photographer.
12. Angelina Jolie considers her an idol.
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