By LB
Madam C.J Walker (1867-1919) was a civil rights activist, entrepreneur, philanthropist and inventor. Madam C.J Walker was a black female. After suffering from a scalp ailment that resulted in her own hair loss she invented a line of African-American hair care products in 1905. She cured balding in the African-American woman community with the products she developed. Her greatest accomplishment was the way she empowered women of color to understand there is a possibility outside of being a maid to profit from the work they do and break the vicious cycle of poverty they were in.
She lived life from slavery to mansions. She was the first self-made millionaire in America. She owned the largest inland manufacturer employing at one time over 3,000 people. At her death in 1919, she was said to be the wealthiest African-American woman in the U.S. She also created a school that trained women to do hair, to sell Walker products and to learn how to run their own business like a salon.
Madam C.J Walker, named Sarah Breedlove at birth, adopted her husband's initials and surname as her professional name, calling herself Madame C. J. Walker for the rest of her life even after the marriage ended. Her husband helped her develop mail marketing techniques for her products. When their small business was successful with earnings of about ten dollars a day, she thought she should continue to expand, but her husband thought otherwise. Rather than allow her husband's wishes to slow her work, they separated.
Madam C.J Walker (1867-1919) was a civil rights activist, entrepreneur, philanthropist and inventor. Madam C.J Walker was a black female. After suffering from a scalp ailment that resulted in her own hair loss she invented a line of African-American hair care products in 1905. She cured balding in the African-American woman community with the products she developed. Her greatest accomplishment was the way she empowered women of color to understand there is a possibility outside of being a maid to profit from the work they do and break the vicious cycle of poverty they were in.
She lived life from slavery to mansions. She was the first self-made millionaire in America. She owned the largest inland manufacturer employing at one time over 3,000 people. At her death in 1919, she was said to be the wealthiest African-American woman in the U.S. She also created a school that trained women to do hair, to sell Walker products and to learn how to run their own business like a salon.
Madam C.J Walker, named Sarah Breedlove at birth, adopted her husband's initials and surname as her professional name, calling herself Madame C. J. Walker for the rest of her life even after the marriage ended. Her husband helped her develop mail marketing techniques for her products. When their small business was successful with earnings of about ten dollars a day, she thought she should continue to expand, but her husband thought otherwise. Rather than allow her husband's wishes to slow her work, they separated.