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Madam C.J. Walker

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.

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Madam C.J. Walker

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  1. Madam C.J. Walker Ms. Fordham

  2. Madam C.J. Walker • Who is Madam C.J. Walker? • What is she important? • What you did not know about Madam C.J. Walker.

  3. Background • Walker is a African- American Female. • Born Sarah Breedlove McWilliams Walker. • Born 1867 in Louisiana. • Was orphaned at the age of 7. • First Female Millionaire.

  4. Background Continued • First in her family born into freedom after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. • Parents and elder siblings were slaves on Madison Parish Plantation owned by Robert W. Burney.

  5. Inspiration for Madam • Had a scalp problem that cause hair lose. • Experimented with a variety of home remedies and products made by Annie Malone. • Became a sales agent for Malone and moved to Denver where she married Charles Joseph Walker.

  6. From Sarah to Madam • Founded her own business and began selling her own product called Madam Walker’s Wonderful Hair Gower, “A scalp conditioning and healing formula.” • In 1908 she opened a college in Pittsburgh to train her “hair Culturists.”

  7. From Sarah to Madam cont.… • Aggressive 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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  9. Did You Know? • Walker did not invent the Pressing comb another African American woman “Annie Turnbo Pope Malone” did. • 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.

  10. 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

  11. Work Cited Google Images About.com (http://inventors.about.com/od/photogallery/ig/Madame-CJ-Walker-Photographs-/Madame-CJ-Walker-s-House-.htm) www. Madamcjwalker.com (http://www.madamcjwalker.com/#&panel1-1) Microsoft PowerPoint Concept Mapping from previous assignment http://bubbl.us/view/15865b/294ed8/14PzRUV11DCl./

  12. The End Hope you enjoyed and learned a lot from this presentation.

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