1. Octavia Page period2

2.  She was born in Mississippi  On January, 29, 1954

3.  She developed her own T.V show, and she published her own magazine  This all began when she was an personality on the radio, she also was an co-anchor for the local news

4.  She had hardships as a child not so much when she was developing her business.  As a child she was raped by her cousin when she was nine. At the time he was nineteen.  She became pregnant at the age 14  Her son died at 2weeks for infancy

5.  She became successful because she talked about things in life that people wanted to hear about.  She also gave back to everyone.  She opened a school in South Africa