A hair-care entrepreneur, she was the richest, best-known Black woman of her day Reviewed by Charles Potters Madam C.J. Walker (1867 to 1919) was an early 20th-century entrepreneur who created a ...

Madam C. J. Walker rose from humble beginnings to become America's first self-made female millionaire. As a beauty industry pioneer, she revolutionized hair care for African-American women ...

Octavia Spencer stars in a new Netflix show about the life of Madam CJ Walker When American journalist A'Lelia Bundles published her first article about her great-great grandmother, Madam CJ ...

Koehn, Nancy F., Anne Dwojeski, William Grundy, Erica Helms, and Katherine Miller. "Madam C.J. Walker: Entrepreneur, Leader, and Philanthropist." Harvard Business ...

Meet the First Self-Made Female Millionaire Madam C.J. Walker was suffering from poverty and hair loss when she decided to concoct a hair regrowth lotion to heal her damaged scalp. Fast forward a ...

Stories of the first black millionaires Madam C.J. Walker and Mary Ellen Pleasant. Black History’s Hidden Figures That Inspired Today’s Innovators Five groundbreaking black innovators you ...

A new biography of Madam C. J. Walker shows how America’s first self-made female millionaire and Black entrepreneur put philanthropy at the center of her business and life.

Speaking about the importance of advocating for yourself and those around you, Spencer added that playing Madam C.J. Walker – the first female self-made millionaire in America who made her money ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: The expanded Cultural Trail gives visitors an opportunity to learn about Madam C.J. Walker, the world's first Black woman millionaire. The Legacy Center bearing her name is ...

Dr. Amanda Foreman visits the family archive of Madame C. J. Walker to examine her rise to power. Photographs, documents and artifacts illustrate Walker’s journey from growing up on an old slave ...

The intensity of Walker’s early jobs began to cause hair loss, and it was out of this unfortunate circumstance that grew her “secret” formula for a scalp ointment that promoted healthy hair growth.