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Madam C.J. Walker: Entrepreneur
A Lelia Perry Bundles
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Hardback. Madam C J Walker originally named Sarah Breedlove was the first in her formerly enslaved family to be born free. Poor for most of her life, Walker invented a line of hair-care products when she was 37 years old. Eleven years later, she owned her own thriving business, the Madam C J Walker Manufacturing Company. This book presents her story. Series: Black Americans of Achievement. Num Pages: 112 pages, full-colour & black-&-white photographs, sidebars, chronology, further reading & web site. BIC Classification: 5AM; YFY; YQH. Category: (ES) Secondary; (JC) Children's (6-12); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 13. Weight in Grams: 386.
Madam C.J. Walker, the first woman - black or white - to become a self-made millionaire, started out as a laundress with few prospects. Originally named Sarah Breedlove, she was the first in her formerly enslaved family to be born free. Poor for most of her life, Walker invented a line of hair-care products when she was 37 years old. Eleven years later, she owned and operated her own thriving business, the Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company. She trained thousands of consultants - almost all of them women - who purchased her products for resale to their customers throughout ... Read more
Madam C.J. Walker, the first woman - black or white - to become a self-made millionaire, started out as a laundress with few prospects. Originally named Sarah Breedlove, she was the first in her formerly enslaved family to be born free. Poor for most of her life, Walker invented a line of hair-care products when she was 37 years old. Eleven years later, she owned and operated her own thriving business, the Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company. She trained thousands of consultants - almost all of them women - who purchased her products for resale to their customers throughout ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
Series
Black Americans of Achievement
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
Broomall, United States
ISBN
9781604130720
SKU
V9781604130720
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About A Lelia Perry Bundles
A'Lelia Bundles, Madam C.J. Walker's great-great-granddaughter, continues the Walker legacy as a member of several nonprofit boards, including the Madam Walker Theatre Center in Indianapolis, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, the Foundation for the National Archives, and the Columbia University Board of Trustees.
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