Madame C.J. Walker was an African American entrepreneur and philanthropist who became a self-made millionaire in the early 1900s through developing and marketing her own line of hair care and beauty products for black women. She launched Madame Walker's Wonderful Hair Grower in 1905 and developed other products and inventions to straighten and style black hair. Through door-to-door sales and advertisements in black newspapers, she reached virtually every black household. In addition to building a successful business empire, Walker was a pioneer for black businesswomen and an activist against lynching.
1. Madame C.J.
Walker
Entrepreneur and Pioneer
Business Woman
2. Madame Walker’s
Wonderful Hair Grower!
Moved to Denver, CO- married
Charles Walker, newspaper agent.
1905- launched Madame Walker’s
Wonderful Hair Grower
(conditioner)
3. Other Products:
Hair grower- cure for
baldness/hair-loss
Improved Permanent Wave
Machine- permed or curled hair
for relatively long time (patented
1929)
5. Other Successes
Walker Schools- employment to black
women
Walker Agents-door to door
salespeople
Madam C.J. Walker Hair Culturists
Union of America- one of first
national meetings of businesswomen
Anti-lynching activism
6. Inspiration
Madam suffered from scalp
ailment-began losing her hair
Used products by Annie Malone,
becoming a saleswoman for her.
7. Impact
Madam was a pioneer in
cosmetics and business world as
a whole.
Anti-lynching activist
Philanthropist- gave money to
reconstruction of Frederick
Douglass’ house.
8. Works Cited
http://madamcjwalker.com/faqs.aspx
On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J.
Walker A’Lelia Bundles
“Madame C.J. Walker: breaking new ground” Derek T.
Dingle
“Madam C.J. Walker: Her Crusade” Henry Gates Jr.
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