Madam C. J. Walker (born Sarah Breedlove; December 23, 1867 – May 25, 1919) was an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist. She is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Who is Madam Walker?
She experimented with several homemade remedies and store-bought formulas before creating her own recipe that she claimed came to her in a dream. An entrepreneur, she marketed the scalp tonic as Madam Walker's Wonderful Hair Grower and grew her business by traveling throughout the South and Southeastern United States.
How did Madam Walker die?
Madam Walker died at her country home in Irvington-on-Hudson on May 25, 1919, at the age of fifty-one, of hypertension. Her plans for her Indianapolis headquarters, the Walker Building, were carried out after her death and completed in 1927.
