Includes bibliographical references (p. 22-23) and index.
Contents:
Words to know -- Rags to riches -- Tough start -- Hard life -- Dream answer -- Growing business -- Hair-care company -- Share the wealth -- Model millionaire.
Summary:
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.
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