Madam C.J. Walker
Ms. Fordham
Madam C.J. Walker
0Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
0What is she important?0What you did not know
about Madam C.J. Walker.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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
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./
The End
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