Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

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.

African American women executives --- Women philanthropists --- Philanthropists --- Women benefactors --- Afro-American women executives --- Women executives, African American --- Women executives --- Walker, C. J., --- Breedlove, Sarah, --- Walker, --- Walker, Sarah Breedlove, --- African American executives --- African American philanthropists --- Cosmetics industry --- History. --- Aesthetics industry --- Beauty services industry --- Toilet preparations industry --- Philanthropists, African American --- Afro-American executives --- Executives, African American --- Negro executives --- Executives