A novel based on "Roots" author Alex Haley's research about the life of Madam C.J. Walker, an impoverished laundress who, in the early twentieth century, rose to become the first black female millionaire with her discovery of a new hair care method.
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.
A biography of Sarah Breedlove Walker who, though born in poverty, pioneered in hair and beauty care products for black women and became a great financial success.
Offers a brief overview of the life and career of Madam C.J. Walker, whose hair care products made her one of America's most successful self-made businesswomen.
Introduces the life of Madam C. J. Walker, who invented hair-care products for African Americans, founded factories and beauty schools, and organized one of the first national meetings of businesswomen in the United States.
Presents the life of the African American laundress who founded a cosmetics company and became the first female self-made millionaire in the United States.
The author chronicles the life of her great-great-grandmother, early-twentieth-century African-American entrepreneur Madam C. J. Walker, who rose to riches after creating a hair care formula for Black women.
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.
