Madam C.J. Walker : the making of an American icon
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Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2021].
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Book
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xvi, 147 pages ; 24 cm.
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Oliver La Farge - Adult
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Published
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2021].
Language
English
Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Madam C. J. Walker is reputed to be America's first self-made woman millionaire. Born to former slaves in the Louisiana Delta in the aftermath of the Civil War, married at fourteen, and widowed at twenty, Walker spent the first decades of her life as a laundress. By the time of her death in 1919, however, Walker had refashioned herself into one of the most famous African American figures in the nation: the owner and president of a hair-care empire and a philanthropist wealthy enough to own a country estate near the Rockefellers in the prestigious New York town of Irvington-on-Hudson. -- adapted from back of book
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African American women executives -- Biography.
Biographies.
Businesswomen -- United States -- Biography.
Cosmetics industry -- United States -- History.
Millionaires -- United States -- Biography.
Walker, C. J., -- Madam, -- 1867-1919.
Women executives -- United States -- Biography.
Women millionaires -- United States -- Biography.
Women philanthropists -- United States -- Biography.
Biographies.
Businesswomen -- United States -- Biography.
Cosmetics industry -- United States -- History.
Millionaires -- United States -- Biography.
Walker, C. J., -- Madam, -- 1867-1919.
Women executives -- United States -- Biography.
Women millionaires -- United States -- Biography.
Women philanthropists -- United States -- Biography.