Discover Madam C.J. Walker's inspiring journey from poverty to millionaire, revolutionising beauty, entrepreneurship, and ...

Madam C.J. Walker’s meteoric, trailblazing business sojourn, employing nearly 40,000, is nothing short of phenomenal, especially considering the repressive era of American history in which it occurred ...

The biographer’s ‘Joy Goddess’ (Scribner, June) explores the life and times of her great-grandmother A’Lelia Walker, the daughter of Madam C.J. Walker and heiress to the Walker hair care fortune.

Madam C.J. Walker, born Sarah Breedlove in Louisiana in 1867, was the most successful black wellness mogul of her day. Now a new Netflix series will show how this enterprising daughter of freed ...

Madam C.J. Walker was a U.S. entrepreneur who built ... She also earmarked $10,000 for an African mission school. Walker's daughter Lelia (later known as A'Lelia) worked with her mother during ...

The intensity of Walker’s early jobs began to cause hair loss, and it was out of this unfortunate circumstance that grew her “secret” formula for a scalp ointment that promoted healthy hair growth.