Details

Subject(s)

• African American women executives—Biography [Browse]
• African American executives—Biography [Browse]
• Women philanthropists—United States—Biography [Browse]
• African American philanthropists—Biography [Browse]
• Cosmetics industry—United States—History [Browse]
• Walker, C. J. Madam 1867-1919 [Browse]

Series

• New Black studies series. [More in this series]
• Illinois scholarship online. [More in this series]
• The new Black studies series

Summary note

Founder of a beauty empire, Madam C.J. Walker was celebrated as America's first self-made female millionaire in the early 1900s. Known as a leading African American entrepreneur, Walker was also devoted to an activist philanthropy aimed at empowering African Americans and challenging the injustices inflicted by Jim Crow. Tyrone McKinley Freeman's biography highlights how giving shaped Walker's life before and after she became wealthy. Poor and widowed when she arrived in St. Louis in her twenties, Walker found mentorship among black churchgoers and working black women. Her adoption of faith, racial uplift, education, and self-help soon informed her dedication to assisting black women's entrepreneurship, financial independence, and activism.

Notes

Previously issued in print: 2020.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Target audience

Specialized.

Source of description

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 30, 2021).

ISBN

0-252-05233-1

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