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    Madame C.J. Walker was born Sarah Breedlove in 1867 in Louisiana. She was orphaned at age 7 and married at 14 to escape an abusive situation. Walker became a successful entrepreneur through her development of hair products for African American women and building a business empire. She trained sales agents and opened a beauty school. Walker was a philanthropist who encouraged African American support of World War I and equal treatment of veterans. She died in 1919 at age 51, becoming one of the first African American female millionaires. Her daughter later led the family business.

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    Madame C.J. Walker was born Sarah Breedlove in 1867 in Louisiana. She was orphaned at age 7 and married at 14 to escape an abusive situation. Walker became a successful entrepreneur through her development of hair products for African American women and building a business empire. She trained sales agents and opened a beauty school. Walker was a philanthropist who encouraged African American support of World War I and equal treatment of veterans. She died in 1919 at age 51, becoming one of the first African American female millionaires. Her daughter later led the family business.

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    Madame C.J. Walker was born Sarah Breedlove in 1867 in Louisiana. She was orphaned at age 7 and married at 14 to escape an abusive situation. Walker became a successful entrepreneur through her development of hair products for African American women and building a business empire. She trained sales agents and opened a beauty school. Walker was a philanthropist who encouraged African American support of World War I and equal treatment of veterans. She died in 1919 at age 51, becoming one of the first African American female millionaires. Her daughter later led the family business.

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    African American Project Due March 14,2012 Mrs.Adames Madam C.J.

    Walker Jaydee Rosario

    Madame C.J. Walker was born on December 23, 1867 in Delta, Louisiana. Madame was really not her name believe it or not it was Sarah Breedlove. She had one older sister, Louvenia and Brothers Alexander, James, Solomon and Owen, Jr. Her parents had been slaves on Robert W. Burney's Madison Parish farm which was a battle-staging area during the Civil War for General Ulysses S. She became an orphan at age 7 when her parents died.

    At age fourteen she married McWilliams to escape her sister's abusive husband. They had a daughter, Lelia later known as A'Lelia Walker, a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance. When Lelia was only two years old, her father died. Madame later married John Davis on August 11, 1894. Their marriage failed in 1903.Her third marriage was on January, 1906 to a newspaper sales agent, Charles Joseph Walker. They got divorced in 1912.

    Madam Walker was an entrepreneur. She built her empire developing hair products for African American women. In September,

    1906 Madam and Charles toured the country promoting their products and training sales agents. Lelia ran a mail-order operation from Denver. From 1908 to 1910 they operated a beauty training school, the Lelia College for Walker Hair Culturists, in Pittsburgh. In 1910 they moved the central operations to Indianapolis, then the country's largest inland manufacturing base, to utilize that city's access to eight major railway systems.

    She became a arouse to many African American women. She also encouraged African Americans to support the cause of World War I and worked to have African American veterans granted full respect. Madam died on May 25, 1919 at age 51 from complications of hypertension. She was one of the first African American Women to be a millionaire. Her daughter Leila achieved in being president of the Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company.

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