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Borrowed names : poems about Laura Ingalls Wilder, Madam C.J. Walker, Marie Curie, and their daughters
\"In 1867, three women who achieved great success were born: writer Laura Ingalls Wilder, entrepreneur Madam C. J. Walker, and scientist Marie Curie. All three had complicated relationships with their daughters, relationships that Atkins explores in this unusual volume of poetry. Each section follows one daughter from young childhood to adulthood, sketching out the facts of her life, but creating impressions of the emotional lives beyond the facts.\"--Amazon.com.
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Writer Wendy Calhoun on Entrepreneur / Activist Madam CJ Walker
Madam C.J. Walker was born into slavery as Sarah Breedlove, but became the first self-made female millionaire in the US, creating a beauty empire that helped African-American women celebrate their natural beauty. Using her influence to push for anti-lynching laws before the Civil Rights Movement, she also became a model entrepreneur. Listen to writer Wendy Calhoun tell Madam C.J.’s story.
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Borrowed names : poems about Laura Ingalls Wilder, Madam C.J. Walker, Marie Curie, and their daughters
\"In 1867, three women who achieved great success were born: writer Laura Ingalls Wilder, entrepreneur Madam C. J. Walker, and scientist Marie Curie. All three had complicated relationships with their daughters, relationships that Atkins explores in this unusual volume of poetry. Each section follows one daughter from young childhood to adulthood, sketching out the facts of her life, but creating impressions of the emotional lives beyond the facts.\"--Amazon.com.
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Madame Walker's Grand Mansion
First, she was the first woman millionaire in the United States whose wealth was not inherited.
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Madam C.J. Walker : the woman behind hair care products for African Americans
\"Why is Madam C.J. Walker important? She invented a brand of hair care products just for African Americans! Follow her journey from the cotton fields to a seat at the millionaires' table. It's a story of big dreams, hard work, and life-changing inventions!\"--Page 4 of cover.
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Streetscapes/The Walker Town House; The Grand Mansion of an Early Black Entrepreneur
The Georgian-style building -- in red brick with a bow front and delicate details -- could have been designed by any of New York's Social Register architects, but Madam Walker chose [Vertner Tandy]. Tandy studied at Tuskegee and Cornell and was the first black architect registered in New York State. In partnership with George W. Foster Jr., he had already designed St. Philip's Church on West 134th Street, the leading church for black Episcopalians. BY the time of her death in 1919 Madam Walker had become one of black Harlem's famous success stories. She owned two grand houses, oversaw a beauty empire and sponsored good works like six yearly scholarships at Tuskegee. Her daughter, A'Lelia Walker Robinson, continued the business (which still exists) and established a literary salon at the 136th Street house, where the walls were calligraphed with poems by Countee Cullen and Langston Hughes. Before A'Lelia Robinson's death in 1931 she leased 108 West 136th Street to the city, which established a series of health clinics in the house. A'Lelia's great-granddaughter, A'Lelia Bundles, of Alexandria, Va., has written a young-adult book (\"Madam [C. J. Walker]: Entrepreneur\"; Chelsea House, 1991) about Madam Walker and is working on a definitive biography.
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Madam C.J. Walker : inventor and millionaire
\"A simple biography about Madam CJ Walker for early readers\"--Provided by publisher.
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Madam C.J. Walker : the inspiring life story of the hair care entrepreneur
\"Describes the life and times of African American entrepreneur C.J. Walker\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Madam C.J. Walker : inventor and businesswoman
\"Madam C.J. Walker wasn't just an inventor. She was also a political activist and businesswoman.Young readers will discover that she was not only fought for civil rights, but became one of the most successful African-American business owners ever\"-- Provided by publisher.
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