MADAM C. J. WALKER DEAD AT 51
New York City (JFK+50) On May 25, 1919, Sarah Breedlove, a.k.a. Madam C. J. Walker*, passed away here in New York. At the time of her death, Mrs. Walker, founder of the Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company, was the wealthiest self-made woman in the United States.
Between 1911 and 1919, her company sold a line of cosmetics and hair care products made exclusively for African-American women. She employed thousands of female sales agents. In a speech given in 1912, Madam C. J. Walker said...
"I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South and I have built my own factory on my own ground."
In 2016, Sundial Brands collaborated with Sephora to market the "Madam C. J. Walker Beauty Culture."
*Madam C. J. Walker (1867-1919) was born in Delta, Louisiana. She was the first child in her family born into freedom after the Emancipation Proclamation.
MCJW moved to Vicksburg, MS at age 10 & to Denver, CO in 1905. She married Charles J. Walker in 1906 & divorced in 1912. In addition to her entrepreneurship, MCJW was a philanthropist and political and social activist.
Madam C.J. Walker (1914)
Smithsonian Institution Photo
National Museum of American History
New York City (JFK+50) On May 25, 1919, Sarah Breedlove, a.k.a. Madam C. J. Walker*, passed away here in New York. At the time of her death, Mrs. Walker, founder of the Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company, was the wealthiest self-made woman in the United States.
Between 1911 and 1919, her company sold a line of cosmetics and hair care products made exclusively for African-American women. She employed thousands of female sales agents. In a speech given in 1912, Madam C. J. Walker said...
"I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South and I have built my own factory on my own ground."
In 2016, Sundial Brands collaborated with Sephora to market the "Madam C. J. Walker Beauty Culture."
*Madam C. J. Walker (1867-1919) was born in Delta, Louisiana. She was the first child in her family born into freedom after the Emancipation Proclamation.
MCJW moved to Vicksburg, MS at age 10 & to Denver, CO in 1905. She married Charles J. Walker in 1906 & divorced in 1912. In addition to her entrepreneurship, MCJW was a philanthropist and political and social activist.
Madam C.J. Walker (1914)
Smithsonian Institution Photo
National Museum of American History
