It has been a long journey for Oprah Gail Winfrey. Born to a poor single unwed mother in rural Mississippi and brought up in an inner city Milwaukee neighborhood, she was abused and molested at the age of 9 and 14. And she still rose to become a media mogul and rated by Business Week in 2005 as one of America’s top 50 philanthropists. At one time she was the world’s only black billionaire. According to some people she is most influential woman in the world. As an Obama supporter she is supposed to have delivered over a million votes in the 2008 Democratic primary race.Most powerful women
Oprah Winfrey
It has been a long journey for Oprah Gail Winfrey. Born to a poor single unwed mother in rural Mississippi and brought up in an inner city Milwaukee neighborhood, she was abused and molested at the age of 9 and 14. And she still rose to become a media mogul and rated by Business Week in 2005 as one of America’s top 50 philanthropists. At one time she was the world’s only black billionaire. According to some people she is most influential woman in the world. As an Obama supporter she is supposed to have delivered over a million votes in the 2008 Democratic primary race.Last Updated ( Sunday, 21 June 2009 02:12 )
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Hilary Rodham Clinton traveled a long distance from an aspiring student leader to the intended nomination as US Secretary of State that she always aimed for.
Hillary Diane Rodham was born in 1947 in Chicago, Illinois and at a very early age exhibited leadership qualities. Teacher’s favorite, she won many awards as a Brownie and Girl Scout, all the while taking part in sports like swimming and baseball. During her school and high school days she participated in the student council, the school newspaper and was selected for the National Honor Society. She was a National Merit Finalist before she graduated in 1965.
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The life and rise to power of Margaret Thatcher is a great example of how hard word and commitment are as instrumental to leadership as any other factor.Margaret Hilda Roberts was born in 1925 and spent her childhood in the market town of Grantham in Lincolnshire, England. Not a very brilliant student her early school days were marked by hard work. She got a scholarship merely by chance when the winning candidate dropped out for the scholarship for Somerville College as she was in second place. She went to Oxford in 1943 to study in Natural Sciences with a specialization in Chemistry. Thatcher graduated with a second class Bachelor of Arts degree and later studied crystallography to get a postgraduate Bachelor of Science degree in 1947.
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" The leadership instinct you are born with is the backbone. You develop the funny bone and the wishbone that go with it. "Elaine Agather