Madam C. J. Walker

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Madam C. J. Walker was an African American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political activist who became one of the first self-made female millionaires in the United States through her pioneering line of hair-care products for Black women.

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Generate an image of Madam C. J. Walker (Madam C. J. Walker was an African American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political activist who became one of the first self-made female millionaires in the United States through her pioneering line of hair-care products for Black women.)

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instanceOf African American ⓘ
businessperson ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ
human ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
political activist ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Madame C. J. Walker ⓘ
linked to: Madam C. J. Walker

Sarah Breedlove Walker ⓘ
linked to: Sarah Breedlove
birthName Sarah Breedlove ⓘ
burialPlace Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath hypertension ⓘ
child A'Lelia Walker ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1867-12-23 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1919-05-25 ⓘ
ethnicGroup African Americans ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
father Owen Breedlove ⓘ
linked to: Owen Jr. Breedlove
fieldOfWork cosmetics industry ⓘ
hair care ⓘ
founded Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company ⓘ
linked to: Madam C. J. Walker
hasHeritageSite Villa Lewaro ⓘ
honor National Inventors Hall of Fame inductee ⓘ
National Women's Hall of Fame inductee ⓘ
knownFor Walker System of hair care ⓘ
developing scalp conditioning and healing formula ⓘ
training Black women as beauty culturists and sales agents ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
mother Minerva Anderson ⓘ
notableFor being one of the first self-made female millionaires in the United States ⓘ
hair-care products for Black women ⓘ
occupation businessperson ⓘ
cosmetics manufacturer ⓘ
sales agent ⓘ
ownedProperty Villa Lewaro ⓘ
philanthropyFocus African American educational institutions ⓘ
NAACP ⓘ
placeOfBirth Delta, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Irvington, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to: Irvington, New York
politicalActivity anti-lynching campaigns ⓘ
support for African American civil rights ⓘ
religion Methodism ⓘ
residence Denver, Colorado, United States ⓘ
Harlem, New York City, United States ⓘ
linked to: Harlem

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States ⓘ
linked to: Indianapolis

Irvington, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to: Irvington, New York

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
sibling Alexander Breedlove ⓘ
James Breedlove ⓘ
Louvenia Breedlove ⓘ
Owen Jr. Breedlove ⓘ
Solomon Breedlove ⓘ
spouse Charles Joseph Walker ⓘ
Moses McWilliams ⓘ
startedBusinessYear 1906 ⓘ
subjectOf Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C. J. Walker ⓘ
supportedOrganization National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ⓘ
linked to: NAACP

National Association of Colored Women ⓘ
usedTitle Madam ⓘ
villaLocation Irvington, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to: Irvington, New York
wasSlaveDescendant true ⓘ
workedAs washerwoman in early life ⓘ

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Sarah Breedlove → alsoKnownAs → Madam C. J. Walker ⓘ
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A'Lelia Walker → mother → Madam C. J. Walker ⓘ
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A'Lelia Walker → employer → Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company ⓘ
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Charles Joseph Walker → spouse → Madam C. J. Walker ⓘ
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Louvenia Breedlove → sibling → Madam C. J. Walker ⓘ
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Minerva Anderson → child → Madam C. J. Walker ⓘ
Minerva Anderson → notableRelative → Madam C. J. Walker ⓘ
Vertner Woodson Tandy → designedFor → Madam C. J. Walker ⓘ
National Negro Business League → notableMember → Madam C. J. Walker ⓘ
Owen Breedlove → child → Madam C. J. Walker ⓘ
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Owen Breedlove → relative → Madam C. J. Walker ⓘ
A'Lelia Walker → parent → Madam C. J. Walker ⓘ
subject linked to: “Joy Goddess of Harlem”
A'Lelia Walker → mother → Madam C. J. Walker ⓘ
subject linked to: “Joy Goddess of Harlem”
John Robinson → hasRelativeByMarriage → Madam C. J. Walker ⓘ
A'Lelia Walker → parent → Madam C. J. Walker ⓘ
subject linked to: John Robinson