No-shows/Omitted Women
People who might have been there but were not included Whoopi Goldberg, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Lauryn Hill, Eartha Kitt, RuPaul, Vanessa L. Williams and Beyoncé. Franklin's absence was probably the most surprising to many followed by Goldberg's. Winfrey's The Color Purple co-star Goldberg was the only African American actress to be nominated for an Academy Award more than once, and the first African American actress to win one since Hattie McDaniel. The absence of Houston was not a surprise to many, because of her drug battle around that time. Hill was both the first woman to receive 10 Grammy nominations in one year and first to win 5 in one night. Williams was the first African American Miss America. It has been said that Winfrey mentioned Franklin and Beyoncé's absences were due to scheduling conflicts.
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Famous quotes containing the words omitted and/or women:
“We are educated in the grossest ignorance, and no art omitted to stifle our natural reason; if some few get above their nurses’ instructions, our knowledge must rest concealed and be as useless to the world as gold in the mine.”
—Mary Wortley, Lady Montagu (1689–1762)
“The research on gender and morality shows that women and men looked at the world through very different moral frameworks. Men tend to think in terms of “justice” or absolute “right and wrong,” while women define morality through the filter of how relationships will be affected. Given these basic differences, why would men and women suddenly agree about disciplining children?”
—Ron Taffel (20th century)