Person · 1867–1919
Madam C.J. Walker
The daughter of enslaved parents who built a hair-care empire and became one of America's first self-made female millionaires.
A founder of [[black-business]].
Born Sarah Breedlove to formerly enslaved parents, Madam C.J. Walker created a line of Black hair-care products and a national sales force of thousands of Black women. She used her fortune to fund education, the arts, and anti-lynching causes.