Tweenage Meghan Markle With Her Mom

Before Markle became the Duchess of Sussex and one of the most recognized people in the world, she was just a girl growing up in a suburb of Los Angeles called View Park. It was also known as “Black Beverly Hills” due to the demographics.

She wrote a letter at age 11 to First Lady Hillary Clinton with a complaint about a tagline in a dish soap commercial. Markle disliked the line that “women all over America are fighting greasy pots and pans.” Her efforts helped change the word “women” in the tagline to “people.” Markle said that with that small change, she understood how important her actions were. She then dedicated her life to fighting for equality.