Founder of a million-dollar hair-care company, Madam C.J. Walker rose from poverty to become one of the richest Black women in early-1900s America.

Madam C.J. Walker was a U.S. entrepreneur who built ... She received a rudimentary education from local Sunday schools but did learn how to read and write as she worked in the fields and, later ...

The intensity of Walker’s early jobs began to cause hair loss, and it was out of this unfortunate circumstance that grew her “secret” formula for a scalp ointment that promoted healthy hair growth.

Koehn, Nancy F., Anne Dwojeski, William Grundy, Erica Helms, and Katherine Miller. "Madam C.J. Walker: Entrepreneur, Leader, and Philanthropist." Harvard Business ...

MidAmerica Nazarene University will study the Madam C.J. Walker School, which was the subject of an important desegregation ...

Octavia Spencer stars in a new Netflix show about the life of Madam CJ Walker When American journalist A'Lelia Bundles published her first article about her great-great grandmother, Madam CJ ...

Meet the First Self-Made Female Millionaire Madam C.J. Walker was suffering from poverty and hair loss when she decided to concoct a hair regrowth lotion to heal her damaged scalp. Fast forward a ...

In her embrace of education, she illuminated paths at ... a beacon of inspiration for generations to come. How did the Madam C.J. Walker company embrace evolution on its remarkable journey?

Amanda Foreman visits the family archive of Madame C. J. Walker to examine her rise to ... The fight for women’s education in Victorian Britain. videoThe fight for women’s education in ...