Title: Who was the hair-care millionaire? 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.
Subjects: Cosmetics industry, African Americans, Women millionaires, African American women executives, Juvenile literature, Biography, History, African americans, biography, African americans, biography, juvenile literature
Places: United States
People: C. J. Walker Madam (1867-1919)