NEWSMAKERS ELLEN DEGENERES GROUNDBREAKING ENTERTAINER BY JILL C WHEELER CONTENT CONSULTANT Joselyn K Leimbach Lecturer Institute for Women’s Studies University of Georgia Core Library Cover image Ellen DeGeneres has become one of the most recognizable people on American television An Imprint of Abdo Publishing abdopublishing com
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TEARS WITH THE PRESIDENT Ellen DeGeneres listened quietly as President Barack Obama spoke of her courage She listened as Obama praised her ability to make people laugh about something rather than laughing at someone She listened as he told the White House audience how DeGeneres always reminded people to be nice to one another Then when Obama placed the Presidential Medal of Freedom around her neck she cried Ellen DeGeneres received the Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama in a special ceremony in the East Room of the White House 5
