Oprah Winfrey Imagine your poor‚ an African American woman‚ abused as a young child‚ having a teenage pregnancy‚ being sexually abused as a young adult‚ and still becoming one of the most influential woman in the world‚ this is Oprah. Oprah Winfrey was born in April‚ 1953 in Kosciusko Mississippi to Vernon Winfrey and Vernita Lee. She was sexually abused for many years of her life. At age 14 Oprah got pregnant as a result from the abuse. She feared that she would be faced with this obstacle‚ and
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spelling and pronunciation‚ she was known as Oprah. Winfrey’s parents were unmarried and separated soon after she was born‚ and left her in the care of her maternal grandmother. She lived in a poor lifestyle and it had a negative effect on Winfrey as a young adult‚ and her problems were caused by repeated sexual abuse‚ starting at age nine‚ by men that others in her family trusted. Her mother worked and did not have much time for supervision. Winfrey attended Tennessee State University on a full
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Running Head: OPRAH WINFREY Oprah Winfrey Jenny Williams Colorado Technical University Professor Barrand August 13‚ 2012 Oprah Winfrey Oprah Winfrey selection as the subject of this case study is associated with the idea that education‚ hard work‚ and persistency pays off when it comes to progressing in life. Overcoming hardships and adversities in life are part of a person’s development to achieve greatness‚ and these are true American values that are
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This speech was about three lessons that Oprah Winfrey has come across in her professional and personal life. She talked about striving to be yourself and not anyone else and how you can grasp failure and turn it around by embracing it and finding the solution‚ and lastly how happiness comes when you give back to others. Her first lesson was about striving to be your own self; she talked about in the beginning of her professional career when she had a job in Baltimore as a news anchor. She was
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The military leader I admire most is General Douglas McArthur. He served the United States Military for more than 50 years and played important roles in WWI‚ WWII and the Korean War. He is perhaps most well known for his role in the downfall of the Japanese empire and for his oath to the Philippines in which he fervently claimed ”I shall return”‚ after being ordered to leave Corregidor in the wake of valiantly defending it. Military-wise‚ I admire his resourcefulness and bravery. He was often under-equipped
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My favorite President of the United States was President the year my mother was born. Everyone just seemed to love President John F. Kennedy because he always bring the good out of bad situations from what I have been told. Kennedy was the second youngest man elected President and he was the youngest to die. After military service as commander of the Motor Torpedo Boats PT-109 and PT-59 during World War II in the South Pacific‚ Kennedy represented Massachusetts’ 11th congressional district in
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It can be argued that Oprah Winfrey achieved the American Dream because she was born into a racist society as an African-American girl. Nevertheless‚ Winfrey defied the discrimination and became one of the most well-known talk show hosts in America‚ if not the world‚ and the first and only African-American billionaire‚ not to mention that she is a self-made billionaire (Robehmed). Despite growing up impoverished in a society in which she was discriminated against‚ Oprah Winfrey has achieved the American
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Person I Admire Do you have some one that you admire? Do you have someone that you look up to? I’m sure you do. Most people I know do as well. Generally people admire someone that is related or close to them. But I also know people who admire someone that they have never met personally such as a super star musician or athlete. Let me tell you about someone that is very close to me and that I admire more than anybody else because he is someone I spend time with every day. The first thing that I admire
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International University Assignment 8.1: Project—Personal Leadership Profile‚ Becoming a Leader Whom I Admire Dr. Linda Talley BC 403 Leadership By Carla Lowman April 27‚ 2013 Abstract The following pages consist of information about Leadership; I will have to admit I knew nothing about leadership and the many perspectives and ideas about Leadership and how to be an effective leader. I selected a Leader to study who is known as an effective leader and has made a difference in
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