Madam+cj+walker

Born December 23 of 1867 Madam cj walker[sarah breedlove]was not a slave but her parents were.Her parents were slaves on a farm called Robert W.Burney Madison Parish farm.Her parents had died and she became a orphan. She got married at the age of 14. She had a child named Leila walker, then soon became A'leila.Her husband died when A'leila was 2 years old.then she married another guy named John Davis.It didnt work out and they divorced.Thengot married a third time then that one did not work out.Madam walker was very important among many african americans. she was a speaker at some meetings of the NAACP.

When she began to lose her hair, she had the idea for a line of hair care products. Walker's home lacked indoor plumbing, electricity and central heating. Like many women of that era, she washed her hair only once a month. As a result, she suffered from severe dandruff and scalp disease that nearly caused her to go bald. In 1905, Sarah moved to Denver, Colorado, where she worked as a sales agent for Annie Malone, another black woman entrepreneur who manufactured hair care products. Sarah also consulted with a Denver pharmacist, who analyzed Malone's formula and helped Walker formulate her own products. In addition, she often told reporters that the ingredients for her "Wonderful Hair Grower" had come to her in a dream. She made millions selling hair products and became the frist woman afican amarican millionar

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