1. Oprah Winfrey

2. History
 Born on January 29, 1954.
 Her parents were not married and she spent the first
six years of her life living with her grandmother on a
farm in Mississippi.
 From the time she was a little girl she was a gifted
speaker.
 She would often recite verses in her grandmothers
church.

3. History
 When she was six she went to live with her Mother in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
 Her mother never gave her the attention that she
craved.
 She was often left in the care of her relatives of
neighbors.
 When she was still young she was raped by her
cousin and then later by her uncle.

4. History
 At age 14 she gave birth to a premature child that
didn’t live but a few days.
 She was sent to live with her Father who, with the help
of her stepmother, guided her to turn her life around.
 Her father and stepmother gave her all the attention
that she never got from her mother and decided to
make something of her life.

5. College
 Oprah attended Tennessee State University were she
studied speech and the performing arts.
 In 1972 she dropped out in the middle of her
sophomore year.

6. Work Experience
 She worked part-time for a radio station called WVOL
 After she dropped out of college she became an
anchor on WTFV-TV.
 She was the first black woman to hold that position.
 In 1976 she moved to WJZ-TV to be a reporter then
eventually a co-anchor.

7. Work Experience
 Two years after arrival she was given the job of
hosting their talk show called “People are Talking”.
 In 1984 she tool over a local Chicago talk show that
soon became the Oprah Winfrey show.
 She earned an Oscar for “The Color Purple”
 It was not long until she became a national hit.

8. Still Talking
 She still devoted much of her time to acting.
 Produced a film called “Their Eyes Were Watching
God”
 “Charlotte’s Web” “Bee Movie” “The Princess and the
Frog” are some on the animated movies that she was
in.

9. Now
 The Oprah Winfrey show will end in 2011.
 The Oprah Winfrey show lasted 24 seasons.
 Oprah now has a network called “The Oprah Winfrey
Network”.
 She spends her time helping and inspiring others who
have come from were she has come from and is
helping them turn their lives around.