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| Sarah Breedlove better known as Madam CJ Walker |
Thank you Madame C.J. Walker for your contribution to African American hair care and your remarkable business savvy. Here are a few facts about the first black female millionaire:
- Tired of losing her hair, Madam C.J. Walker created her own hair care products, Wonderful Hair Grower and Vegetable Shampoo.
- Launched her business selling door to door.
- Conducted product demonstrations in churches.
- Opened Laila College, a beauty school to train Walker Hair Culturists.
- Purchased her very own factory where her products were made. Opened a second beauty school.
- She was a philanthropist and a tireless activist.
- Developed the Madam C.J. Walker Hair Culturists Union of America, which was a group sales agents who sold hair products just like the Avon, Mary Kay, and Tupperware sales reps of today.
- Conducted the first national sales meeting for her sales agents.
Madam CJ Walker
1 comments:
Dear Kim,
Love your blog! Just wanted to thank you for featuring Madam C. J. Walker and for linking to our website. As her great-great-granddaughter and biographer--and as president of the Madam Walker Family Archives--I'm always thrilled and grateful when others are inspired by her. Today we keep her legacy alive through the Madam Walker Theatre Center, a National Historic Landmark in Indianapolis (www.walkertheatre.com); our books and speeches; by honoring successful entrepreneurs; and by sharing photographs, documents and other Walker memorabilia with the public from our family archives.
Best wishes,
A'Lelia Bundles
www.madamcjwalker.com
www.aleliabundles.com
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