Madam C.J. Walker

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Who is Madam C.J. Walker? What did she contribute to the world of science? How did she start her business? What types of obstacles did she have to face? I will be talking about this and more in my biography about Civil Rights Activist and entrepreneur, Madam C.J. Walker. Madam C.J. Walker was born December 23,1867, in Delta, Louisiana. She died May 25, 1919, in her mansion on the Hudson River in Irvington. Her parents were ex-slaves and named her Sarah Breedlove. She was born on the Burney Family Plantation. She never went to school. Instead she worked on the plantation with her family. At the age of 7 both of her parents died. She was married at the age of 14 to Moses McWilliams. They had a daughter named Lelia. Ms. Walker became a widow at 20. After her husbands death her daughter and her mover to St. Louis, Missouri. In the 1890s Walker developed a scalp disorder that caused her to lose her hair. It is because of this, she started making cosmetics. Then in 1905 she moved to Denver, Colorado. She met Charles Joseph Walker and were married. They divorced in 1912 but she kept his...

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