Winfrey has stated she was molested by her cousin, her uncle, and a family friend, starting when she was nine years old, something she first claimed to her viewers on a 1986 episode of her TV show, when sexual abuse was being discussed. When Winfrey discussed the alleged abuse with family members at age 24, they refused to accept what she said. Winfrey once commented that she had chosen not to be a mother because she had not been mothered well. At 13, after suffering years of abuse, Winfrey ran away from
She also launched a monthly book segment on her show and her selections immediately became best sellers. She extended the Oprah brand in publishing by creating her own magazine (O) and in broadcasting by launching syndicated series with Dr. Phil McGraw and Chef Rachael Ray. Winfrey's legacy grew even larger when she founded and funded a South African leadership school for impoverished girls she fondly referred to as her daughters. In
She donated her correspondence with America’s great black cultural figures to Harlem’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Maya Angelou is the unequivocal example of a graceful woman. Her words throughout the years have uplifted women, spoke of courage for families and moved the nation as a whole. She has published literature for the masses there is something to motivate anybody that is anyone. Angelou created easy outlets for people in struggle.
In 1960 Cher was the only female to have a solo top 10 hits in the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, and 2000 era. Cher published her first memoir in the late 1998 titled “The First Time” it was about the memories of her childhood life and her career over the year. In 1999 she also performed the “Stars Spangle Banner” at super bowl XXXlll. On November 30, 1999 she released a compilation album titled “The Greatest Hits” that help make her popular over in Europe and other places overseas. In 2000 Cher was presented with the lifelong contribution to music industry award at the world music awards.
She taught feminist journal writing for several years and became a feminist activist herself. Castillo is a women suffrage writer. Many of her short stories, novels, and poems revolve around the idea of women changing society. The Guardians, I Ask the Impossible, and Women Are Not Roses all revolve around this theme. But the poem that has spoken to many women in the U.S is Women Don’t Riot.
, powerful, passionate, these are just some of the words that describe Willa Cather. A Pulitzer Prize Winning author, whose works inspired many young authors. Though some may say her final works marked the decline of her artistic power, she is still a literature genius. She wrote of women’s struggles and frontier life in her novels: Lucy Gayheart, Sapphira the Slave Girl, and Shadows on the Rock. Willa Sibert Cather was born on December 7, 1817.
This play is about a young black woman who is so lost in the myths of the black and white race that she feels vulnerable and without any identity. She cites Tennessee Williams and Edward Albee and her time at the Circle in the Square theatre as major influences of her work. In 1962 she joined Edward Albee's Playwrights' Workshop beginning over a thirty year career in theatre which continues to this day. Kennedy has been a lecturer at Yale and the University of California at Berkeley, and has taught playwrighting at Princeton and Brown. She has received Guggenheim Fellowships, NEA, Rockefeller Foundation Grants, and in 1992, the mayor of Cleveland declared March 7 to be Adrienne Kennedy
I. INTRODUCTION In the early 1900’s, life for a black woman was not very good, especially in the United States of America. Slavery had just ended and it was already hard for woman so just imagine how hard it was for a black woman. But in the town of Richmond, Virginia an intelligent young black woman would emerge and take the country by storm. * Thesis * Maggie Lena Walker a black woman, a teacher, an editor, an entrepreneur and a community activist would become of the most successful black woman of her time.
Tenaja Jennings Chris Conlon Literature & Composition Friday, March 14th, 2013 Where do I Belong? Helga Crane and Emma Lou Morgan The Harlem Renaissance was a great burst of creative energy from African Americans of the 1920's which included dance, painting, music, and literature. Nella Larsen, the writer of Quicksand, and Wallace Thurman, the author of The Blacker the Berry, are the two of the most remembered novelists of the Harlem Renaissance. The main characters of these books (Helga Crane and Emma Lou Morgan), both journey through Harlem and other places seeking to find where they belong. Yet, while Helga and Emma Lou share similar racial issues and journey to find the "right sort of people" (B.50), they are fundamentally different
Emmeline Pankhurst, the daughter of Robert Goulden and Sophia Crane, was born in Manchester in 1858. Her father came from a family with radical political beliefs and his father had been at the Peterloo Massacre in 1819. Goulden took part in the campaigns against slavery and the Corn Laws. Emmeline's mother was a passionate feminist and started taking her daughter to women's suffrage meetings in the early 1870s. By the time Emmeline was born, Gouldon was the successful owner of a cotton-printing company at Seedley.