Oprah winfrey biography in context gale

Oprah Winfrey https://time.com/collection/most-influential-people-2018/5217575/oprah-winfrey/"Oprah is a wonderful, wonderful person.

Oprah winfrey biography in context gale

Who she is on-camera is exactly what she is off-camera.... She's a totally approachable, real, warm person."—Sherry Burns. Oprah Winfrey is well known as one of the richest, and most successful women in society today. However she is often overlooked and not recognized for being the inspirational hero she is.

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Oprah Gail Winfrey was born into poverty in the small town of Kosciusko, Mississippi, in 1954. As an African American women in the 1950’s it is no surprise that Oprah faced much racism and discrimination even at a young age.

At the age of 14 Oprah was raped, causing her to become suicidal and, with her parents split, Oprah’s rough childhood was beginning to rip her life apart. It was then when Oprah moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to live with her dad when she discovered her love for journalism.

She began working at