Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls

Introduction With regards to Krohn (2009), Oprah Gail Winfrey was born on 29th January in a small town named Kosciusko located in central Mississippi. By overcoming low self-esteem, poverty, and abuse in her early childhood years, she has risen and arched out a place for herself in times gone by. She has been awarded numerous awards and gained the respect of millions of people due to her self-confidence, courage, wisdom and genuine nature. For this reason, she is viewed as an influential,…

Oprah Winfrey Many people have a person in their life that they look up to and inspire to be one day, whether they are famous, a relative, or even a friend. Oprah Winfrey is one of the top inspirational people in america and many young people look up to her because a lot of them related to her tough childhood and were influenced by her uplifting words. Oprah began with a determined attitude no matter how tough life was. She started exploring broadcasting as a career, she took a part time job at…

Oprah Winfrey: A Woman Who Could “Failure is a great teacher. If you’re open to it every mistake has a lesson to offer,” (Winfrey). Oprah Winfrey, a common household name has swept the nation whether it’s was with her network, magazine, book club, or her TV show. Oprah Winfrey’s road to fame was a hard road to travel because there was many obstacles in her way. But as Oprah Winfrey discovered her true passion in life, there was not anyone stopping her from achieving it. Oprah Winfrey’s long road…

Society Queen Elizabeth the First and Oprah Winfrey are two very different people that have lived very different lives, however, they are also very similar in many ways. Both women have overcome unbelievable hardships in their lives, and both used their influence to improve society creating wonderful legacies that will continue to live on. Queen Elizabeth the First used her political influence, and position in the Monarchy to influence society of her time. Oprah Winfrey has a very strong media…

Oprah’s father brought her on a visit back to Milwaukee to see her mother. She spent the summer there and again, her mother was often absent. When her father returned to take her back to Nashville, Oprah surprisingly said she would rather stay with her mother. She wanted to please her. Living with her mother again, she deeply wished for love and affection. Since her mother was often at work, she left her children with a babysitter, which was Oprah’s older cousin. Her male relatives and the…

Oh! Oprah! Oprah Winfrey has dominated her industry and transcended into a household name through her self-titled television show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, owning her own television network, Harpo Productions Inc., and print publications, O, The Oprah Magazine and O at Home. Born into poverty and despair, she has overcome many obstacles from sexual abuse to racial profiling in order to defy the odds. She is the only African American on the Forbes 400 with a notable net worth of $3.2 billion.…

role model in the African American community is Oprah Winfrey. Oprah Gail Winfrey was born on January 29,1954, she grew up in a small town of Kosciusko, Mississippi. She is a very influential in many ways like hosting her own television show where she sees peoples’ problems and tries to help them out. Also she not only has her own show but she supports twenty –two charities and foundations. The ever-changing cultures also face many challenges; Oprah supports twenty-four causes and groups.…

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…

Many people in life have referenced dance, as a way to express themselves. Oprah Winfrey, who many look up to today as a great motivational speaker, has referenced dance to express her philosophies on life. However, her life was not always bright. Born to a single mother in Kosciusko, Mississippi, Oprah Winfrey was raised into poverty. She worked on a farm, while her mother was looking for work, and her grandmother taught her to read at an early age. As she grew up, she endured more hardships,…

multimedia mogul, multi-talented, transcending, illuminating, generous, abused, self-hating, and beloved, who comes to mind? Ms. Oprah Gail Winfrey embodies all of these adjectives and much more. Oprah was born on January 29, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi to single parent, Vernita Lee. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001856/bio. Many people will be surprised to know that Oprah Gail Winfrey was originally supposed to have the name, “Or-pah” from “Ruth” in the Bible; however, the spelling and…