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The daughter of formerly enslaved parents, Sarah Breedlove--who would become known as Madam C.
Walker--the legendary African American entrepreneur and philanthropist--by her great-great-granddaughter, A\'Lelia Bundles.
Now a Netflix series starring Octavia Spencer, Self Made (formerly titled On Her Own Ground) is the first full-scale biography of one of the great success stories of American history (The Philadelphia Inquirer), Madam C.
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By her death in 1919, Walker managed to overcome astonishing odds: building a storied beauty empire from the ground up, amassing wealth unprecedented among black women, and devoting her Life to philanthropy and social activism.
Then--with the discovery of a revolutionary hair care formula for black women--everything changed.
She spent the better part of the next two decades laboring as a washerwoman for $1.50 a week.
Walker--was orphaned at seven, married at fourteen, and widowed at twenty.
J.
Walker--the legendary African American entrepreneur and philanthropist--by her great-great-granddaughter, A\'Lelia Bundles.
The daughter of formerly enslaved parents, Sarah Breedlove--who would become known as Madam C.
Now a Netflix series starring Octavia Spencer, Self Made (formerly titled On Her Own Ground) is the first full-scale biography of one of the great success stories of American history (The Philadelphia Inquirer), Madam C.
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Walker, the first freeborn child of slaves, rose from poverty to establish a successful hair-care business, became one of the wealthiest women in the United States, and devote herSelf to a Life of activism and philanthropy toward race and women\'s issues.
Walker, offers a lively portrait of an American businesswoman.
Bundles, a journalist and great-great-granddaughter of Madam C.
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