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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]
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.
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 ...
Mary Ellen Pleasant (August 19, 1814 [a] – January 11, 1904 [b]) was an American entrepreneur, financier, real estate magnate and abolitionist.She was arguably the first self-made millionaire of African-American heritage, preceding Madam C. J. Walker by decades.
The illustrious Sarah Breedlove, better known as Madam C.J. Walker, became one of the nation’s first women self-made millionaires more than a century ago by turning the use of hot combs, brushes ...
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American Book Award 1992 [8] for Madam C. J. Walker: Entrepreneur (Chelsea House, 1991) The New York Times Notable Book for On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker 2001 [7] Black Caucus of the American Library Association Honor Book 2002 [21] Letitia Woods Brown Book Prize from the Association of Black Women Historians 2001
Madam C.J. Walker, born in 1867, was a Black American entrepreneur who would eventually become the nation's first self-made female millionaire, as documented by Guinness World Records.