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Article: OUR DUMB CENTURY: REPORTS FROM THE FRONTIERS OF HISTORY - Oprah secedes from US Forms independent nation of cheesecake-eating housewives
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 15, 1999
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26 MAY, 1996 - TWENTY MILLION American housewives, led by daytime
talk-show host Oprah Winfrey, seceded from the US Saturday, forming
the independent nation of Ugogirl.
Ugogirl, a nurturing, supportive republic, will be subject to a
set of laws and provisions which prioritize access to healthy, low-
fat recipes, creative home-decorating tips and inspirational stories
of personal triumph over adversity. The new nation will have its own
congress, constitution and national anthem, Whitney Houston's
rendition of "I'm Every Woman".
"We women just weren't being heard," said Ugogirlian Nancy Gordon,
a former housewife from Charleston, SC, who helped unanimously elect
Winfrey the fledgling nation's ...
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