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A'Lelia Walker (born Lelia McWilliams; June 6, 1885 – August 17, 1931) was an American businesswoman and patron of the arts. She was the only surviving child of Madam C. J. Walker, who was popularly credited as being the first self-made female millionaire in the United States and one of the first African-American millionaires.
As Madam C. J. Walker's great-great-granddaughter and biographer, she founded the Madam Walker Family Archives and represents the Walker estate for intellectual property and promotional matters. She is the brand historian [ 15 ] for MADAM [ 16 ] by Madam C. J. Walker, a line of hair care products manufactured by Sundial Brands (a division of ...
Madam C. J. Walker (born Sarah Breedlove; December 23, 1867 – May 25, 1919) was an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist.She is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America in the Guinness Book of World Records. [1]
Today, Walker’s descendants, including her great-great-granddaughter A’Lelia Bundles, are continuing their ancestor’s legacy with the recent launch of MADAM by Madam C.J. Walker, a new ...
C.J. Walker, the first woman to become a self-made millionaire in the U.S., is the latest figure to be honored with her own Barbie doll in Mattel's Inspiring Women line. Walker, the daughter of ...
Madam C.J. Walker's great-great-granddaughter, author A’Lelia Bundles, will speak at the Kool Family Community Center at 6 p.m. Feb. 28.
, The Walker Company) was a cosmetics manufacturer incorporated in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1910 by Madam C. J. Walker. It was best known for its African-American cosmetics and hair care products, and considered the most widely known and financially successful African-American-owned business of the early twentieth century. [ 1 ]
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