Even at the age of eleven, Meghan Markle knew how to get things done.
Footage emerged today in the United States showing Meghan as a young girl lobbying a dishwasher soap manufacturer to change its sexist TV commercial.
She took issue with an ad lamenting that "women all over America are fighting greasy pots and pans."
Meghan was particularly unhappy with the wording of the commercial because two boys in her class had said that it confirmed the stereotype of women "belonging in the kitchen."
"I don’t think it is right for kids to grow up thinking that mum does everything," Meghan said in a 1993 interview with the Nickelodeon children’s TV network.
"If you see something that you don’t like or offended by on television or any other place, write letters and send them to the right people and you can really make a difference, not just for yourself but for lots of other people," she added.
She was interviewed after writing a letter of complaint about the commercial to then First Lady Hillary Clinton, civil rights lawyer Gloria Allred and to Nickelodeon news presenter Linda Ellerbee.
As a result of Meghan’s one-girl campaign, Proctor & Gamble later changed the wording in the ad to "people" and not "women."
"I remember feeling shocked and angry and also just feeling so hurt," Meghan said in a 2015 speech at the UN on International Women's Day, recalling seeing the commercial. "It just wasn't right and something needed to be done."
Her father inspired her to speak out about subjects she was passionate about. ‘He encouraged me to write letters, so I did - to the most powerful people I could think of,’ she said in the speech.
Ellerbee, who provided the video, told Inside Edition: "It was absolutely clear that this young woman was strong in her beliefs.
"It didn’t matter that she was 11 years old. She believed in women and she believed in her own power and wasn’t afraid to reach out and say, ‘I want my power. I want my rights."
