Madame C.J. Walker
Self-Made Billionaire
Madam C.J. Walker hair care product
A Photo of MAdame C.J. Walker
An article
It was written to attract young girls to the beauty school that Madam C.J. walker founded
Her Life
QUICK FACTS
NAME: Madam C.J. WalkerOCCUPATION:Civl Right Actvist , Philantrhopist Civil Rights Activist, Philanthropist,Entrepreneur
BIRTH DATE: December 23, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH: Near Delta, Louisiana
PLACE OF DEATH: Irvington-on-Hudson, New York
AKA: Madam C.J. Walker
Madam Walker was most known for the following:
"Sales of the Pomade and a collection of sixteen other beauty products, many packaged decoratively in tin containers who carried the portrait of Madame Walker, accompanied by heavy advertising in mainly Black newspapers and magazines and her own frequent instructional tours, made Madame Walker one of the best known African American women in the country by the 1920's. Her fame spread to Europe, where the Walker System coiffure of dancer Josephine Baker so fascinated Parisians in the 1920's that a French company produced a comparable pomade, calling itBaker-Fix.", Based on Webfiles.com
Sources
Biography.com Editors. "Madam C.J. Walker Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 08 Jan. 2016.
African American Women: A Biographical Dictionary.
Dorothy C. Salem, editor. (New York, NY: Garland Publishing), 1993, p. 536-538.
Article by Susan Stussy.