Column: Four women making tomorrow's history today
During Women's History Month, women who have been instrumental in helping bridge gaps within history will be remembered, but here are some women who are making history today.
Ellen DeGeneres is a advocate for LGBTQ rights as well as an exceptional standup comedian. DeGeneres and her executives have faced large amounts of criticism and backlash due to her coming out on the show “Ellen.” Today, DeGeneres still hosts her late night talk show and is considered as “the face of LGBT America. Still.”
Oprah Winfrey is the first African-American female billionaire in the United States as well as the first African American woman to host a national daily talk show. Winfrey founded the Family for Better Lives foundation and is a dedicated activist for children’s rights. She was also the first African American woman to be granted the Golden Globes Cecil B. DeMille Award.
Before she became the First Lady to former President Barack Obama, Michelle Obama was a lawyer, city administrator and community outreach worker. She graduated from Princeton and Harvard with a law degree and later launched “Let’s Move and Let Girls Learn.”
Tarana Burke is an African American civil rights activist that was born in The Bronx, New York. In 2006, she founded the “Me Too” movement that raises awareness for sexual harassment, abuse, and assault in society. Time Magazine labeled Burke and other female activists “the silence breakers” in 2017. Currently, Burke is working as the senior director for the Girls for Gender Equity in Brooklyn.
