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Tererai Trent defied cultural norms that denied African girls an education and restricted them to a life in the home. Married at 18 with three children, Trent learned how to read and eventually earned three degrees. She returned to her native Zimbabwe to help build schools and work as a role model for other girls. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1838,"featured_media":4701,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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