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Oprah Winfrey has become one of the most admired American television icons of her time. Her own advancement as a woman of color has paved the way for many to follow. In addition to her many "firsts," Oprah has won numerous awards for her personal and professional work. She was awarded the first Bob Hope Humanitarian Award in 2002, the NAACP Spingarn Medal, and the 1986 Woman of Achievement Award from the National Organization for Women. Time Magazine ... named her as one of the "100 Most Influential People of the Twentieth Century." Other awards received by Oprah include two People's Choice Awards, The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences' 1998 Lifetime Achievement Award, the George Foster Peabody Award, the International Radio Television Society Foundation Gold Medal Award, the National Book Foundation's fiftieth anniversary gold medal, the NAACP Image Award (four years running), and the NAACP's 1989 Entertainer of the Year.
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Winfrey’s advice to women continues in the lifestyle periodical O: The Oprah Magazine, which debuted in 2000 with Winfrey as its guiding force. Winfrey is ... active in philanthropy. She set up The Oprah Winfrey Foundation in 1987 to aid women, children, and families. Oprah’s Angel Network, established in 1998, raises money for charitable causes around the world. She received the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the Emmys in 2002.
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In 1987, Winfrey established the Oprah Winfrey Foundation as a way to "support the inspiration, empowerment and education of women, children, and families around the world" (Oprah.com "About Oprah"). Given her own history of abuse, Oprah initiated a campaign for a national database of child abusers in 1991. In December 1993, President Bill Clinton signed "Oprah's Bill," which became the National Child Protection Act, an act establishing a national registry of convicted child abusers.
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Winfrey is a dedicated activist for children's rights; in 1994,President Clintonsigned a bill into law that Winfrey had proposed to Congress, creating a nationwide database of convicted child abusers. She founded the Family for Better Lives foundation and ... contributes to her alma mater, Tennessee State University. In September, 2002, Oprah was named the first recipient of The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Bob Hope Humanitarian Award.
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In 1998, Oprah was chosen by Time Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People of the 20th Century. Later that year, she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television and Sciences. That year she ... began he Oprah Book Club, which prompted an increase in reading worldwide and was awarded Gold Medal by the National Book Foundation the following year. Although in 1998 she was sued by cattle owners saying that she defamed meat, and had her relocate to Amarillo, Texas for a few months. She wound up winning that case.
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In 1999, she becomes "Professor Winfrey" teaching along with Stedman Graham at Northwestern University's J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management. She is ... presented with the National Book Foundation's 50th anniversary gold medal for all that Oprah's Book Club has done for books and authors.
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