Madam C.J. Walker: Entrepreneur (Black Americans of Achievement)

Madam C J Walker originally named Sarah Breedlove was the first in her formerly enslaved family to be born free. Poor for most of her life, Walker invented a line of hair-care products when she was 37 years old. Eleven years later, she owned her own thriving business, the Madam C J Walker Manufacturing Company. This book presents her story. A biography of the African American businesswoman whose invention of facial creams and other cosmetics led to great financial success and who, throughout her life, devoted herself to many social and political causes A biography of the Afro-American businesswoman whose invention of facial creams and other cosmetics led to great financial success and who, throughout her life, devoted herself to many social and political causes. "Hit often and hit hard" Motherless child Sarah's dream Gearing up "My own factory on my own ground" "Don't sit down and wait" "We should protest" "A conference of interest to the race" The legacy. Examines the life and career of businesswoman Madam C.J. Walker, the first American woman to become a self-made millionaire