• MEDIA MOGUL
  
• FIRST Black female self-made billionaire in the U.S.​ who leveraged her personality and business acumen to become one of the most influential people in the world
• Changed her first name to Oprah because no one knew how to pronounce her original name, Orpah
• Fired from her first job as an evening news reporter for not being stoic enough
• Took over A.M. Chicago, a failing daytime talk show, and within a year it was so successful that it was renamed The Oprah Winfrey Show
• Reshaped the daytime talk show into a refuge for women to explore issues that impacted their daily lives, as well as discuss topics that were considered taboo, such as homosexuality, drug abuse, and sexual abuse
• FIRST Black woman to host a nationally syndicated show
• Founded Harpo Productions in 1986, becoming the FIRST Black woman to own and produce her own show
• The Oprah Winfrey Show aired for 25 years and won more than 40 Daytime Emmy Awards
• Nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in the movie The Color Purple
• Equally as famous for her charitable donations, she's given away millions of dollars
  
• Established the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa
• Founded Oprah's Angel Network, which has raised more than $50 million for charities
• Her influence is so powerful and well documented that it is called THE OPRAH EFFECT
• Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013

Bibliography: Burling, Alexis. Women in Business. Minneapolis: Abdo Publishing, 2017. Print.
Caldwell, Stella, Clare Hibbert, Andrea Mills, and Rona Skene. 100 Women Who Made History: Remarkable Women Who Shaped Our World. New York: DK Publishing, 2017. Print.
Doyle, Caitlin. Girls Can Do Anything: From Sports to Innovation, Art to Politics, Meet Over 200 Women Who Got There First. Buffalo: Firefly Books, 2016. Print.
Harrison, Vashti. Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2017. Print.​
Marciniak, Kristin. Women in Arts and Entertainment. Minneapolis: Abdo Publishing, 2017. Print.
Shen, Ann. Bad Girls Throughout History: 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2016. Print.

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