The inspirational woman I have chosen to blog about is Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29, 1954, Kosciusko, Mississippi, U.S.). She is the founder of many different organizations that help others especially women and children. Oprah Winfrey is an American media executive, actress, talk show host, television producer, and philanthropist. "She is best known for her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, which was the highest-rated television program of its kind in history and ran for 25 years from 1986 to 2011. She was the richest African American of the 20th century and North America's first black multi-billionaire. She has been ranked the greatest black philanthropist in American history. By 2007, she was ranked as the most influential woman in the world." (Wikipedia, 2020)
One of the organizations that Oprah Winfrey founded is Leadership Academy for Girls. "The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy Foundation (OWLAF) was established to fund the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls – South Africa (OWLAG). Oprah Winfrey knew that university study was essential to the students achieving their professional and personal goals, contributing to society and establishing financial independence. The goals of the foundation is to: 1. Serve as a bridge between the Academy and tertiary institutions. 2. Support the students through their tertiary studies. 3. Identify bursaries to fund students in tertiary programmes." (The Foundation, 2020). The reason why Oprah Winfrey became a philanthropist was because she realized that the only way to create long-term improvement and empowerment, and change somebody's life is through education. With education not only does one have more intelligence but it also improves our health because the more knowledge that we have, the more we become aware of what we need to do to live a long and healthy life.
Oprah Winfrey has become my inspiration because she is overall an amazing women. You can tell that Oprah has a big heart and wants nothing more than to help as many people as she can. Her main goal in life is to help and educate people so that they can become better people inside and out and be successful in life.
References
(2020.) Wikipedia. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey
(2020.) The Foundation. Retrieved from https://www.owla.co.za/foundation
Hi Mary,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading your post! Oprah Winfrey happens to be one of the few women I look up to. She's overcome so many obstacles In her life. Yet she continues to inspire, give, empower, and support other women across the world. She's truly the epitome of a strong woman!