Oprah Winfrey and Feminism
“I never did consider or call myself a feminist, but I don’t think you can really be a woman in this world and not be.” Oprah Winfrey said this quote in the documentary Makers: Women Who Made America which is a documentary about influential feminists in America. Feminism has been a significant movement since the 1850s. Many of the rights feminists are fighting for today are the same rights they were fighting for back then. Oprah Winfrey is one of the many African American women who has influenced equal rights for men and women in America as illustrated by the book 50 Black Women Who Changed America. Feminism has an extensive history of fighting for equal rights for both men and women. In the 1840s, many women had ideas of how to achieve equality with men, but the first step began on July 19 and 20, 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York at the first Women’s Conference (Feminism and Women's Studies). Issues these women were campaigning for are issues that are still relevant today. These issues including easier access to higher education, more advanced professions, and equal pay (Feminism and Women's Studies). Although access to higher education and advanced professions has improved, women continue to fight for equal pay to this day, making it a 170 year battle.
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During Winfrey’s speech at Variety’s Power of Woman luncheon, Winfrey told the story of a time when her team on The Oprah Winfrey Show had experienced unequal pay. In 1986 Winfrey talked to the managers of The Oprah Winfrey Show about her team getting paid more. The men said to this, “Why they’re all girls,” (Speech). After this encounter, Winfrey decided to make Harpo productions so she could decide who got paid what. After Winfrey’s show was put into her hands, it changed for the better. She decided that her show would only have positive
“I never did consider or call myself a feminist, but I don’t think you can really be a woman in this world and not be.” Oprah Winfrey said this quote in the documentary Makers: Women Who Made America which is a documentary about influential feminists in America. Feminism has been a significant movement since the 1850s. Many of the rights feminists are fighting for today are the same rights they were fighting for back then. Oprah Winfrey is one of the many African American women who has influenced equal rights for men and women in America as illustrated by the book 50 Black Women Who Changed America. Feminism has an extensive history of fighting for equal rights for both men and women. In the 1840s, many women had ideas of how to achieve equality with men, but the first step began on July 19 and 20, 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York at the first Women’s Conference (Feminism and Women's Studies). Issues these women were campaigning for are issues that are still relevant today. These issues including easier access to higher education, more advanced professions, and equal pay (Feminism and Women's Studies). Although access to higher education and advanced professions has improved, women continue to fight for equal pay to this day, making it a 170 year battle.
One of the …show more content…
During Winfrey’s speech at Variety’s Power of Woman luncheon, Winfrey told the story of a time when her team on The Oprah Winfrey Show had experienced unequal pay. In 1986 Winfrey talked to the managers of The Oprah Winfrey Show about her team getting paid more. The men said to this, “Why they’re all girls,” (Speech). After this encounter, Winfrey decided to make Harpo productions so she could decide who got paid what. After Winfrey’s show was put into her hands, it changed for the better. She decided that her show would only have positive