Jackson Cruz English Professor Downs 14 october 2013 Diane Downs: Her Children Got in the Way of Her Love Background Figure 1: Diane Downs. Photograph. Police Officer. Diane Downs’ 1988 Prison Interview. The Oprah Winfrey Show. 22 Oct. 2010 Diane Downs was born in Phoenix‚ Arizona‚ U.S. to Wes and Willadene Frederickson on August 7‚ 1955. In her early life‚ she was molested by her father when she was a little child. She went to Moon Valley High School in Phoenix and met her future
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Dr. Maya Angelou is one of the most prominent and influential voices of our time. Maya was born on April 4th‚ 1928‚ under the name of Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis‚ Missouri. Her parents divorced when she was three. When she was eight‚ she was raped by her mother’s boyfriend. When she told her uncles what happened‚ they kicked him to death. Frightened by the power of her own voice‚ she chose not to speak for the next 5 years. She was constantly discriminated against for being African American
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In 2008 over 30 million people in the United States admitted to watching day time TV talk shows‚ and that number is progressively climbing. These talk shows range from cooking secrets‚ to bizarre life situations‚ to more serious national news stories such as interviews with the parents of Treyvon Martin. Two of these TV talk shows include: the serious psychologist‚ Dr. Phil McGraw and the syndicated tabloid talk show host‚ Maury Povich. Although‚ Dr. Phil and Maury are both national TV talk shows
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countries American’s don’t live in a communist society. America will provide you with good education‚ a home for you or your family and alot of job oppertunities. For example‚ Oprah Winfrey‚ Alnord Schwazernagger and Eileen Collins these well know Americans accomplished their dream in the pusuit of happiness. To begin with‚ Oprah Winfey is known to be the first African-American women to become one of the self-made richest women in America. How did she do it? Well‚ she started as young women working
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was also a child of four and was marked by poverty. Perry’s first expedition into writing was in 1992‚ when he began writing a journal‚ in part to manage with the repercussions of abuse. He was inspired to begin a journal after watching The Oprah Winfrey Show. Tyler Perry developed different characters to voice different ideas in the journal. This work eventually became the musical I Know I’ve Been Changed‚ about adult survivors of child abuse. Perry saved $12‚000‚ moved to Atlanta in 1992
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Women Entrepreneurs in Business While women still face an uphill battle when it comes to breaking the corporate glass ceiling‚ many women are finding success these days as entrepreneurs‚ building their own businesses without those ceilings to hold them down. The growth rate of women-owned businesses has climbed steadily‚ even as they continue to face challenges with getting the financing and other assistance they need to succeed. However‚ there’s no doubt that women entrepreneurs are‚ as a group
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3. These imagined scoldings reveal that young Angelou wants more education and status for herself and her family. She is ashamed of her grandmothers’ illiteracy. The scoldings also show that Angelou has much to learn about a person’s contribution to a community. Momma is aware of Angelou’s discomfort during Sister Flowers visits. Sister Flowers first lesson is on tolerance for the illiterate and uneducated. She goes as far to say‚ that even without a formal education‚ people can be very
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self-individual are having lifetime satisfied earnings and less likely to be unemployed because we have the necessary knowledge of that certain job. People with education are also less likely to live in poverty. For example the award-winning talk show host Oprah Winfrey. She was born into poverty in Mississippi to a teenage single mother. She loved to read and loved learning new things. She did well in high school despite the abuse that she suffered. Now‚ she is one of the richest and most influential women in
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and studying days and nights at night school‚ Liz obtained her diploma in two years instead of 4. Liz applied for the college scholarship from The New York Times. Liz was accepted to Harvard. It began with The New York Times and led to the Oprah Winfrey Show. From there Liz knew “Yeah‚ I have something I need to share with people. A gift‚ a calling‚ something. It’s my belief that your gift doesn’t belong to you. It’s something you’re supposed to share." (Murray‚ 2012‚ p.1) Liz left college
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like us. The ones that are real people not some drawn up character in a comic book series. Throughout my life I have been influenced by those real life heroes. These heroes go by the name of Barack Obama‚ Janelle Monae and Oprah Winfrey. Janelle Monae and Oprah Winfrey‚ both women of color‚ have both influenced and empowered the lives of women around the world to look at themselves in a positive way. Although these women are great‚ the most important hero in my life is Barack Obama. Not only
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