Oprah and Edison
Oprah Winfrey's life was far from successful. On January, 29, 1954 Oprah Gail Winfrey was born to teenage parents who weren't married. Vernita Lee her 18 year old mother was a housemaid and her father Vernon Winfrey served for armed services at the age of 20. For the first six years of her life Oprah was raised on a farm in Mississippi by her grandmother. Her grandmother taught Oprah how to read at a very young age of three. She started her public speaking at the church reciting sermons. Her grandmother believed in her and constantly said, "You're gifted." At the age of six Oprah's mother decided that she was capable of taking care of Oprah, so she moved with her mother to Milwaukee. She was raped by a cousin when she was nine and later molested by a male friend of her mom's and by an uncle. Since she didn't tell anyone about this she rebelled and repeatedly ran away and got into trouble. Her mother couldn't put up with her anymore and was sent to live with her father Vernon. She became pregnant at fourteen and gave birth to a baby boy who was a still born. The death of her baby devastated her tremendously and she vowed to turn her life around. Her father was strict and made her read
Right before he died he woke from his coma and whispered to his wife and said, "It's very beautiful over there. Tom in modern day medicine would have probably been ADS attention deficit syndrome. At the age of 19 Oprah had her first job as a reporter for a radio station. The loss of hearing affected him dearly he lost all hearing in his left ear and 80% in his right. Just after three weeks tom was literally starving to death. Tom later decided to make some serious money and worked 12 hours a day and 6 days a week for the Western Union. Tom left and went to New York to discover himself and get away. The story's not the same for Thomas Edison. His 1,093'd patent was his last at the age of 83. Once his mother got continually complains from his teacher she took him out of school and stared home schooling him. In 2000 Oprah was named one of the most influential people, and also received a Lifetime achievement award. a book every week and have a report on it. At age 16 Tom had made his first invention called the automatic repeater, it translated Morse code so virtually anyone could understand it. That film lead her to a nomination for an academy award. The manager was so happy he hired Tom on the spot for 300.
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