Who was the hair-care millionaire? Madame C.J. Walker
By: Mary Kay Carson
Series: I like inventors!; I like inventors!
Publisher: Enslow Elementary
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Berkeley Heights, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
ISBN-13: 9780766039735
Subjects: Women millionaires; Cosmetics industry; Juvenile literature; African American women executives; African Americans; Biography; History
Other titles: Madame C.J. Walker
Description: The incredible and true story of hair-care tycoon Madame C.J. Walker. Born into poverty on a Louisiana plantation, the child of former slaves, and orphaned at the age of 7, she began to concoct her own hair treatments as a young woman and sold them door-to-door, eventually making a fortune and providing dignified employment to many other African American women.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 22-23) and index.
Table of contents: title: Words to know; title: Rags to riches; title: Tough start; title: Hard life; title: Dream answer; title: Growing business; title: Hair-care company; title: Share the wealth; title: Model millionaire.