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Madame C.J Walker

Madame C.J Walker. By: Jessica Baxter. Starting Out.

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Madame C.J Walker

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  1. Madame C.J Walker By: Jessica Baxter

  2. Starting Out • Her name is Sarah Breedlove. She was born in December 23, 1867. She was born on a plantation owned by the Burney family in Delta, Louisiana. Her parents were slaves or ex-slaves. Her parents were Owen and Minerva Breedlove. They died when Sarah was 7 years old. Her sister worked as a laundress. Sarah moved to Vicksburg when a yellow fever came over and the crops failed. She married -Moses McWilliams when she was fourteen. She had a daughter soon. Her name was Lelia or A’Lelia. Sarah husband died and Sarah was a widow when she was 20. She moved to St. Louis, Missouri and became a laundry worker. Sarah joined the St. Paul’s African Methodist Episcopal Church.She moved to Denver, Colorado and married Charles Joseph (C.J) Walker . He was a newspaper sales agent. They were divorced in 1912. She kept his name even though they were not on together.

  3. Hair Industry • She moved to Denver, Colorado and married Charles Joseph (C.J) Walker . He was a newspaper sales agent. During the years Sarah had a problem with hair loss because of her stress and bad hair products. She decided to make her own hair product. She started making chemicals that will help her product make hair grow faster. This was in 1906. Her first product was a scalp treatment and it used petroleum and sulphur to heal scalp disease. She first sold her products to her family and friends. She used an ointment called Glossine to soften the hair and a metal comb to straighten out the hair. She changed her name to Madame C.J Walker. Her husband helped her mail marketing techniques and ads. Walker sold her products door to door. She paid her employees $10 a day. Her husband thanked that she was demanding to much effort or was ambitious. They separated soon after that. Walker still did not quit, she made a facial skin cream for black women. Her business was growing. She became a millionaire quickly.

  4. Between the Lines • During her business years she had time for her daughter’s life and time on how to encourage more black women to take a stand. Walker opened a college for hair culturists in Pittsburgh. She named the college Lelia College. In 1910 the Walkers moved to Indianapolis. They built a factory to sell their products. She was a demonstration entrepreneurs and she hired other women. Madame moved to N.Y.C in 1916. She joined other organizations. They were the Tuskegee Institute, Bethune-Cook man College, and the YMCA. Soon the Madame C.J Walker Manufacturing Company was no more in business. Madame C.J Walker died in May 25, 1919.

  5. Bibliography http://africawithin.com/bios/cj_walker.htm http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/page/w/walker.shtml http://inventors.about.com/gi /dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.madamecjwalker.com/

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