Who Was the Hair-Care Millionaire? Madam C.J. Walker
The incredible and true story of hair-care tycoon Madame C.J. Walker. Born into poverty on a Louisiana plantation, the child of former slaves, and orphaned at the age of 7, she began to concoct her own hair treatments as a young woman and sold them door-to-door, eventually making a fortune and providing dignified employment to many other African American women. Readers will learn about Madam C. J. Walker's life and the discovery of her hair care products, and they'll make their own homemade bubble bath, too.