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401: 597: 524: 750: 33: 2675: 2663: 611:(NNBL) from the convention floor, where she declared: "I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South. From there, I was promoted to the washtub. From there, I was promoted to the cook kitchen. And from there, I promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair goods and preparations. I have built my own factory on my own ground." The following year she addressed convention-goers from the podium as a keynote speaker. 2639: 2651: 436: 2627: 355:. "I had little or no opportunity when I started out in life, having been left an orphan and being without mother or father since I was seven years of age," she often recounted. She also stated that she had only three months of formal education, which she undertook during Sunday school literacy lessons at the church she attended during her earlier years. 508:, where she established the headquarters for the Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company. She initially purchased a house and factory at 640 North West Street. Walker later built a factory, hair salon, and beauty school to train her sales agents, and added a laboratory to help with research. She also assembled a staff that included 782:, "she said herself two years ago that she was not yet a millionaire, but hoped to be some time, not that she wanted the money for herself, but for the good she could do with it." The obituary also noted that same year, her $ 250,000 mansion was completed at the banks of the Hudson at Irvington. Her daughter, 486:, where they opened a beauty parlor and established Lelia College to train "hair culturists". As an advocate of black women's economic independence, she opened training programs in the "Walker System" for her national network of licensed sales agents who earned healthy commissions (Michaels, PhD. 2015). 564:
during the summer of 1917 with 200 attendees. The conference is believed to have been among the first national gatherings of women entrepreneurs to discuss business and commerce. During the convention Walker gave prizes to women who had sold the most products and brought in the most new sales agents.
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Indianapolis's Walker Manufacturing Company headquarters building, renamed the Madame Walker Theatre Center, opened in December 1927. It included the company's offices and factory as well as a theater, beauty school, hair salon and barbershop, restaurant, drugstore, and a ballroom for the community.
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On January 31, 2022, Sundial Brands, a division of Unilever, launched a collection of eleven new products under the brand name MADAM by Madam C. J. Walker and sold exclusively at Walmart. These products replace the line that was launched on March 4, 2016, by Sundial Brands, a skincare and haircare
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stated to help hair grow, strenuous brushing, and applying iron combs to hair; the method claimed to make lackluster and brittle hair become soft and luxuriant. Walker's product line had several competitors. Similar products were produced in Europe and manufactured by other companies in the United
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In 1882, at the age of 14, Sarah married Moses McWilliams, whose age was unknown, to escape abuse from her brother-in-law, Jesse Powell. Sarah and Moses had one daughter, Lelia, who was born on June 6, 1885. When Moses died in 1887, Sarah was twenty and Lelia was two. Sarah remarried in 1894, but
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offering Walker's hair pomade and other products packaged in tin containers carrying her image, but the more common scenario is that the Walker beauty culturists demonstrated their products in their homes and beauty salons because they needed a source of water to be able to show how the products
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Between 1911 and 1919, during the height of her career, Walker and her company employed several thousand women as sales agents for its products. By 1917, the company claimed to have trained nearly 20,000 women. While some sources have written that the women dressed in a characteristic uniform of
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Following her marriage to Charles Walker in 1906, Sarah became known as Madam C. J. Walker. She marketed herself as an independent hairdresser and retailer of cosmetic creams. ("Madam" was adopted from women pioneers of the French beauty industry.) Her husband, who was also her business partner,
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Spirit Awards have sponsored the Madame Walker Theatre Center in Indianapolis. Established as a tribute to Walker, the annual award has honored national leaders in entrepreneurship, philanthropy, civic engagement, and the arts since 2006. Awards presented to individuals include the Madame C. J.
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and other scalp ailments, including baldness, due to skin disorders and the application of harsh products to cleanse hair and wash clothes. Other contributing factors to her hair loss included poor diet, illnesses, and infrequent bathing and hair washing during a time when most Americans lacked
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worked. Walker understood the power of advertising and brand awareness. Heavy advertising, primarily in African-American newspapers and magazines, in addition to Walker's frequent travels to promote her products, helped make Walker and her products well known in the United States.
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fund. At the time, it was the largest gift from an individual that the NAACP had ever received. Walker bequeathed nearly $ 100,000 to orphanages, institutions, and individuals; her will directed two-thirds of future net profits of her estate to charity.
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white shirts and black skirts and carried black satchels, there is nothing in the Walker Beauty School manual that verifies that. Others have written the agents focused on door-to-door sales as they visited houses around the United States and in the
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While working for Malone, who would later become Walker's largest rival in the hair-care industry, Sarah began to take her new knowledge and develop her own product line. In July 1905, when she was 37 years old, Sarah and her daughter moved to
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as Addie Monroe, another black female self-made millionaire as a villain and the daughter of Walker as a lesbian were some of the complaints by audiences. Biographer A'Lelia Bundles wrote about the behind-the-scenes experience of producing
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Walker became more involved in political matters after her move to New York. She delivered lectures on political, economic, and social issues at conventions sponsored by powerful black institutions. Her friends and associates included
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In 1906, Walker put her daughter in charge of the mail-order operation in Denver while she and her husband traveled throughout the southern and eastern United States to expand the business. In 1908, Walker and her husband relocated to
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In addition to training in sales and grooming, Walker showed other black women how to budget, build their own businesses, and encouraged them to become financially independent. In 1917, inspired by the model of the
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At the time of her death, Walker was considered to be worth between a half million and a million dollars. She was the wealthiest African-American woman in America. According to Walker's obituary in
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in honor of Walker's legacy. The line, titled "Madam C. J. Walker Beauty Culture", comprised four collections and focused on the use of natural ingredients to care for different types of hair.
271:; 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 376:. Through this marriage, she became known as Madam C. J. Walker. The couple divorced in 1912; Charles died in 1926. Lelia McWilliams adopted her stepfather's surname and became known as 2078:"Sundial Brands Enters Prestige Hair Category with Historic Launch of Madam C. J. Walker Beauty Culture Exclusively at Sephora." PR Newswire, February 23, 2016. ProQuest, March 6, 2016. 809:
in Indianapolis. Villa Lewaro was sold following A'Lelia Walker's death to a fraternal organization called the Companions of the Forest in America in 1932. The house was listed on the
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States, which included her major rivals, Annie Turnbo Malone's Poro System from which she derived her original formula and later, Sarah Spencer Washington's Apex System.
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and advocated for the establishment of a training camp for black army officers. In 1917, she joined the executive committee of New York chapter of the
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in Indianapolis's black community, pledging $ 1,000 to the building fund for Senate Avenue YMCA. Walker also contributed scholarship funds to the
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Walker's method of grooming was designed to promote hair growth and to condition the scalp through the use of her products. The system included a
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provided advice on advertising and promotion; Sarah sold her products door to door, teaching other black women how to groom and style their hair.
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Walker's name became even more widely known by the 1920s, after her death, as her company's business market expanded beyond the United States to
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As Walker's wealth and notoriety increased, she became more vocal about her views. In 1912, Walker addressed an annual gathering of the
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After Walker closed the business in Denver in 1907, A'Lelia joined her in Pittsburgh. In 1910, when Walker established a new base in
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Profits from her business significantly impacted Walker's contributions to her political and philanthropic interests. In 1918, the
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house. Before her death in 1919, Walker pledged $ 5,000 (the equivalent of about $ 88,000 in 2023) to the NAACP's anti-
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Initially, Sarah learned about hair care from her brothers, who were barbers in St. Louis. Around the time of the
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In January 1906, Sarah married Charles Joseph Walker, a newspaper advertising salesman she had known in
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Triumph of the City: How Our Best Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier
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The Black Rose: The Dramatic Story of Madam C. J. Walker, America's First Black Female Millionaire
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and started to yearn for an educated life as she watched the community of women at her church.
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She also rewarded those who made the largest contributions to charities in their communities.
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They Made America: From the Steam Engine to the Search Engine: Two Centuries of Innovators
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Koehn, Nancy F.; Anne E. Dwojeski; William Grundy; Erica Helms; Katherine Miller (2007).
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issued a Madam Walker commemorative stamp as part of its Black Heritage Series. In 2022,
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The Madam C. J. Walker Business and Community Recognition Awards are sponsored by the
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Madam C. J. Walker's Gospel of Giving: Black Women's Philanthropy During Jim Crow
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in Indianapolis. Her legacy also continues through two properties listed on the
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Weisenfeld, Judith (1994). "The Harlem YWCA and the Secular City, 1904-1945".
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Gates, Henry Louis; Root, Jr | Originally posted on The (November 15, 2013).
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The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
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Madam C. J. Walker's Wonderful Hair Grower in the permanent collection of
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African American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and activist (1867–1919)
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Walker Heritage Award as well as young entrepreneur and legacy prizes.
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neighborhood in 1913; it became a center of African-American culture.
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About 1913, Walker's daughter, A'Lelia, moved to a new townhouse in
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Stanley Nelson Interviews Madam C. J. Walker's Great Grand Daughter
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Various scholarships and awards have been named in Walker's honor:
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has designated the privately owned property a National Treasure.
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C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1911
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Walker made her fortune by developing and marketing a line of
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Bundles, "Madam C J (Sarah Breedlove) Walker, 1867–1919" in
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Madam C. J. Walker: Entrepreneur, Leader, and Philanthropist
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Bundles, "Madam C J (Sarah Breedlove) Walker, 1867–1919" in
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On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker
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On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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Sarah Breedlove was born on December 23, 1867, close to
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African-American history of Westchester County, New York
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is devoted to Walker, as well as historic radio station
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Madam Walker and several friends in her automobile, 1911
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doll as part of their Inspiring Women doll collection.
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Indiana's 200: The People Who Shaped the Hoosier State
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Madam Walker Theatre Center: An Indianapolis Treasure
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Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C. J. Walker
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She was orphaned at the age of seven. Sarah moved to
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Evans, Harold; Buckland, Gail; Lefer, David (2004).
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committed to portray Walker in a TV series based on
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Walker 2015 Luncheon" 1824: 1158: 1097: 793:Walker's personal papers are preserved at the 2455: 2002: 1329: 1327: 1325: 1323: 1321: 726:National Association of Colored Women's Clubs 2528:Madam C J Walker – Successful Business Woman 1800: 1798: 1796: 1450: 1297:Gugin, Linda C.; James E. St. Clair (2015). 591: 504:In 1910, Walker relocated her businesses to 2426:. Indianapolis, Indiana: Blue River Press. 1932:. National Trust for Historic Preservation. 1562:Oatman-Stanford, Hunter (August 31, 2015). 1422: 1136: 1134: 1033:The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross 1830: 1752: 1750: 1748: 1601: 1599: 1597: 1595: 1593: 1591: 1420: 1418: 1416: 1414: 1412: 1410: 1408: 1406: 1404: 1402: 1349: 1347: 1345: 1343: 1318: 973: 971: 474:that had been in use for a hundred years. 420:music was developed; she sang at St. Paul 31: 2275:"US Stamp Gallery > Madam C.J. Walker" 1793: 1608:"Madam C. J. 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Fifth Military District
Louisiana
Irvington, New York
Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)
Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company
A'Lelia Walker
A'Lelia Bundles
madamcjwalker.com
Guinness Book of World Records
Mary Ellen Pleasant
cosmetics
hair care
black women
Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company
NAACP
patron of the arts
Villa Lewaro
Irvington, New York
Delta, Louisiana
plantation
President Abraham Lincoln
Emancipation Proclamation
cholera
Vicksburg, Mississippi
domestic servant
St. Louis, Missouri
A'Lelia Walker
Christian

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