When one hears the name Oprah Winfrey, most minds instantly go to great places. Oprah Gail Winfrey has grown to become a great influence to society over the course of 25 plus years. Throughout her career, Oprah has been able to showcase her talents through a variety of different ways. Other than acting and being the activist she is, she’s spent a great amount of her career servicing different parts of society. Prior to her performance this past December in Australia, many of her fans were interviewed and they all simultaneously stated she is “Inspirational.”
Many people are able to relate to this phenomenal woman because with knowledge of her past, it is quite obvious that she ‘started from the bottom”. Oprah was born into poverty by a teenage mother whom oftentimes abandoned her. Oprah was sent to live with her grandmother at the age of six. During these times Oprah experienced a vast amount of adversity. Oprah began to experience sexual abuse at the age of 9, shortly after she went to live with her grandmother. At 14-years-old, Oprah gave birth to her first child who died shortly after due to being premature. The child’s name had been anonymous for years, until recently when she was speaking in Melbourne, Australia. Winfrey expressed the baby was a result of rape. She never thought to name the baby until an interview she had prior to arriving in Australia with a reporter who suggested she should give the baby a name. While performing in Australia she stated “I did have a son. And I named him Canaan because Canaan means new land, new life.”
Since then, Oprah hasn't had any other children of her own. Instead, she has used her prior experiences in life to inspire those around her and to give back to those who need it the most.
