Question: Nobia A. Franklin, was a Texas beautician and entrepreneur, her business, geared towards beauty products for black women, was ranked third in the country behind Madam C. J. Walker, an African American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and a political and social activist, passed away on which date?

Nobia A. Franklin (1892-1934, also known as Madame N.A. Franklin) was a Texas beautician and entrepreneur.  Her cosmetics were "meant to flatter, rather than lighten darker skin tones."  Her business, geared towards beauty products for black women, was ranked third in the country behind Annie M. Turnbo-Malone's company and Madame C.J. Walker's "beauty empire."  Franklin's beauty products were never patented. <SEP> Sarah Breedlove (December 23, 1867 – May 25, 1919), known as Madam C. J. Walker, was an African American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and a political and social activist.  Eulogized as the first female self-made millionaire in America, she became one of the wealthiest African American women in the country, "the world's most successful female entrepreneur of her time," and one of the most successful African-American business owners ever. <SEP> The Madam C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company (Madam C.J. Walker Manufacturing Co., The Walker Company) was a cosmetics manufacturer incorporated in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1910 by Madam C. J. Walker.  It was best known for its African-American cosmetics and hair care products, and considered the most widely known and financially successful African-American owned business of the early twentieth century.  The Walker Company ceased operations in July 1981. <SEP> Marjorie Stewart Joyner (October 24, 1896 – December 27, 1994) was an American businesswoman.  She was born in 1896, in Monterey, Virginia.  In 1912, she moved to Chicago and began studying cosmetology.  She graduated A.B. Molar Beauty School in Chicago in 1916, the first African American to achieve this.  There she met Madam C. J. Walker, an African American beauty entrepreneur, and the owner of a cosmetic empire.  Always a lover of women's cosmetics, Joyner went to work for her and oversaw 200 of Madame Walker's beauty schools as the national adviser.  A major role was sending Walker's hair stylists door-to-door, dressed in black skirts and white blouses with black satchels containing a range of beauty products that were applied in the customer's house.  Joyner taught some 15,000 stylists over her fifty-year career.  She was also a leader in developing new products, such as her permanent wave machine.  She helped write the first cosmetology laws for the state of Illinois, and founded a sorority and fraternity, Alpha Chi Pi Omega on October 27, 1945 as well as a national association for black beauticians.  Joyner was friends with Eleanor Roosevelt, and helped found the National Council of Negro Women.  She was an advisor to the Democratic National Committee in the 1940s, and advised several New Deal agencies trying to reach out to black women.  Joyner was highly visible in the Chicago black community, as head of the "Chicago Defender" Charity network, and fundraiser for various schools.  In 1987 the Smithsonian Institution in Washington opened an exhibit featuring Joyner's permanent wave machine and a replica of her original salon.