Madam cj walker biography book
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Now a Netflix series starring Octavia Spencer, Self Made (formerly titled On Her Own Ground) is the first full-scale biography of one of the great success stories of American history.
The daughter of slaves, Madam C. J. Walker () was orphaned at seven, married at 14, and a widow with a baby at She spent the better part of the next two decades laboring as a washerwoman for $ a week. Then—with her discovery of a revolutionary hair-care formula for black women—everything changed.
By the time that she was 40, Madam Walker was making as much money as a white corporate executive, thanks to her popular hair-care products for black women and her brilliance at marketing them. She created a workforce of sales agents that gave African American women job options other than being washerwomen or domestics. As her prominence and wealth increased, she became a generous benefactor of black educational institutions and such a staunch supporter of the anti-lynching mov
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Madam C. J. Walker: The Making of an American Icon (Library of African American Biography) (Paperback)
By Erica L. Ball
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" An] exhaustively detailed account of the life of Madam C.J. Walker." Booklist, Starred Review - Madam C. J. Walker--reputed to be America's first self-made woman millionaire--has long been celebrated for her rags-to-riches story. This biography places this remarkable and largely forgotten life story in the context of Walker's times.
Erica L. Ball is a professor of History and Black Studies at Occidental College. Ball is the author of To Live an Antislavery Life: Personal Politics and the Antebellum Black Middle Class (). She is co-editor, with Kellie Carter Jackson, of Reconsidering Roots: Race, Politics, and Memory () and co-editor, with Tatiana Seijas and Terri L. Snyder, of As If She Were Free: A Collective Biography of Women and Emancipations in the Americas ().
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Madam C.J. Walker, the first self-made female millionaire in amerika, revolutionized the beauty industry and empowered African American women through her entrepreneurial spirit. Born in in Louisiana as Sarah Breedlove, Walker overcame poverty and adversity to create a successful haircare empire. This biography explores her innovative products, her savvy business acumen, and her dedication to uplifting her community through employment and filantropi. Walker’s contributions to women’s economic empowerment and racial equality remain an enduring inspiration. This book celebrates her remarkable journey, her impact on entrepreneurship, and her legacy as a trailblazer who proved that success could be achieved through determination, vision, and a commitment to helping others.
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Biographies & Memoirs
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December 17