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A 3 page paper which compares Janie Porter Barrett’s Virginia Industrial School for Colored Girls and Oprah Winfrey’s Leadership Academy for Girls. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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in order to assist minorities and those in need. In relationship to girls, and primarily girls of African descent, two of the most prominent figures have been Janie Porter Barrett
and Oprah Winfrey. The following paper compares Janie Porter Barretts Virginia Industrial School for Colored Girls and Oprah Winfreys Leadership Academy for Girls. Virginia Industrial School for Colored Girls
and the Leadership Academy for Girls Both Barrett and Winfrey developed schools, or academies, that would assist young girls and as such they have both addressed needs of the children,
the female children, of African ancestry. For Barrett her school was developed for the African American girls in America, primarily in the state of Virginia. For Winfrey the focus was
on educating young girls/women in Africa. In relationship to Barrett one author notes that she "developed a school to rehabilitate previously incarcerated
African-American girls by improving their self-reliance and discipline" (The African American Registry, 2008). Barrett was born to parents who had once been slaves, went to school, became a teacher and
then in 1902 she and her husband built a building on their property wherein they began offering many activities for learning (The African American Registry, 2008). It was in 1914
that she founded the school: "In 1914 a 147-acre farm at Peake....was purchased, and in January 1915 the Virginia Industrial School for Colored Girls opened with 28 students. With help
from many prominent social workers and especially from the Russell Sage Foundation, the school developed a program that stressed self-reliance and self-discipline, visible rewards, big-sister guidance, and close awareness to
individual needs, as well as academic and vocational instruction" (The African American Registry, 2008). The next year she became the superintendent of
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