Essay On Madam Cj Walker

Born Sarah Breedlove, on Dec.23,1867, Madam C.J. Walker will soon be known as the “ first black woman millionaire in America”.Child of sharecroppers made herself from being a farm laborer to the most successful black woman of the twentieth century.Orphaned at seven years old.To survive she began working in the fields of Delta and Vicksburg, Mississippi. At age of 14, she married Moses McWilliams to escape from her abusive brother-in-law.After her husband died two years, after the birth of her daughter, she decided to move to St. Louis to join her brothers who were working as barbers. Working for $1.50 a day, she tried to save enough money to send her daughter to the city’s schools.
In the 1890s, Madam began to suffer from a scalp disease, causing her to lose most of her hair. She consulted with her brothers for advice on hair growth, and she also conducted many experiments with home-made and store-bought products. In 1905 Madam moved to Denver as a sales agent, then married her third husband.She soon changed her name to “Madam” C.J. Walker, after her husband.Then she began selling “Madam Walker’s Wonderful Hair Grower”, formulated to heal and condition the scalp.She claims the idea of the product came to her in one of her dreams.This idea made her millions( today’ currency).

But that money now is equivalent to $6 million today, making her one of the richest businesswomen in America.She started out selling her products door to door. Walker expanded her business by hiring and training sales associates herself.She even started a school that taught the "Walker System" of hair care. Walker then built her own factory to mass produce her hair care products. Over the next several years, her school would train thousands of saleswomen who sold her products throughout the nation, mainly door to