Alanis Michelle González Nazario

Sarah Walker
Biography
● Born on December 23, 1867 in Delta.
● Parents: Owen and Minerva, they were born into slavery.
● Fifth child, first one in her family to be born free.
● Orphaned at seven
● First husband was Moses McWilliams.
● Daughter: A’lelia
● Laundress working on St. Louis
● Active in the National Association of Colored Women.
● Second husband was Charles J. Walker.
 The Walker System
- Charles J. Walker was who inspired Sarah to name her eventual
empire: “The Walker System”.
- Hair Care products for Black women
- She came up with a treatment that would completely change the
Black hair care industry.
- Scalp preparation, lotions and iron combs.
- Emphasized its attention to black women’s health.
- “Beauty culturalist”
 Walker company
● Moved to Denver Colorado
● Products: Wonder Hair grower, ● Over three thousand people
Glossine, and Vegetable employed.
Shampoo.
● Beauty school and factory in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
● Moved her business headquarters
in Indianapolis.
* Wonder Hair grower
* Glossine
* Vegetable Shampoo
The first black woman millionaire
● One of the best known African
Americans.
● His house in Manhattan was turned
into a salon.

- Walker's country house was

designed by black architect Vertner
Tandy.
Madam Walker Impact…
Contributions
● She helped black charities.
● Businesswoman and philanthropic
● Funding Scholarships for
reputation.
Black Women
● Clubs for your employees and benefits
● Donated to NAACP, Black
for them.
YMCA.
● Promoted female talent
● She helped make black
● Stipulated that only a woman could
history.
hold the position of president in his
company.
● Donated to educational causes.
 Legace
● At the age of fifty she died of hypertension.
● May 25, 1919
● walker building
● Pioneering Black Businesswoman
● She inspired many with his financial independence,
business acumen, and philanthropy.
 References

History.com Editors. (2022). Madam C. J. Walker.

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/madame-c-j-walker

Louis, H. (n.d.) Madam Walker, the First Black American Woman to Be a Self-Made Millionaire. The African

Americans many rivers to cross.

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross