Why Is Maya Angelou Famous?

Maya angelou is famous for how creative and witful she is she plays an important role in human society and sets high standards for african americans..maya angelou is a great woman and I believe that all people should look up to her because shes a great example to a strong african american WOMAN...=]

She is an african- american  reputable and famous poet and writer, her works  cemented her
status as a civil rights activist. She's most probably in her late 7o's now. She read a poem at president clinnton's inauguration in 93'.

She is famous because she has written a lot of books, quotes and poems. She is also famous because she is a very talented person.

She is famous for all the story and poem s she made and she is also famous for the love she share for her countries in her stories

She is famous for being the first African American female cable car conductor and first  African American female director. Also one of the few poets to read at a president inauguration.....which was Bill Clinton's.

For her acting and poet ing and such and such.

Go to her home page google maya angelou and click the first site

Maya angelou is a famous poet, she was also an actor and director and she was a cook back in the 70's

Because she is strong a writer and gets in to what she writes and means what she writes.

Because     she     was     a     good     writer

She was a poet

Cause she read and writes poems

She is famous for being the first African American woman to read Robert Frosts poem for President John F Kennedy.

Maya   Angelou   was  raped  by  her   mother's  boyfriend  when  she  was  seven  years  old  and  found  her

She is famous because she is a great poet and has a great heart.