Madam C.J. Walker

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Madam C.J. Walker Ms. Fordham

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Madam C.J. Walker. Ms. Fordham. Madam C.J. Walker. Who is Madam C.J. Walker? What is she important? What you did not know about Madam C.J. Walker. . Background. Walker is a African- American Female. Born Sarah Breedlove McWilliams Walker. Born 1867 in Louisiana. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Madam C.J. Walker

Ms. Fordham

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Madam C.J. Walker

0Who is Madam C.J. Walker?

0What is she important?0What you did not know

about Madam C.J. Walker.

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Background

0Walker is a African- American Female.

0Born Sarah Breedlove McWilliams Walker.

0Born 1867 in Louisiana.0Was orphaned at the age

of 7.0First Female Millionaire.

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Background Continued

0First in her family born into freedom after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed.

0Parents and elder siblings were slaves on Madison Parish Plantation owned by Robert W. Burney.

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Inspiration for Madam

0Had a scalp problem that cause hair lose.

0Experimented with a variety of home remedies and products made by Annie Malone.

0Became a sales agent for Malone and moved to Denver where she married Charles Joseph Walker.

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From Sarah to Madam

0Founded her own business and began selling her own product called Madam Walker’s Wonderful Hair Gower, “A scalp conditioning and healing formula.”

0 In 1908 she opened a college in Pittsburgh to train her “hair Culturists.”

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From Sarah to Madam cont.…

0Aggressive Marketing styles and relentless ambition led her to be labeled as the first know African- American woman to become a self-made millionaire.

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Did You Know?

0 Walker did not invent the Pressing comb another African American woman “Annie Turnbo Pope Malone” did.

0 In 1905 Walker worked as a sales agent for Malone where she was inspired by Malone’s inventions and built an empire of her own.

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Madam Walker on herself

“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.” – Madam Walker

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