Madam C. J. Walker

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African American businessperson entrepreneur human philanthropist political activist

Madam C. J. Walker was an African American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political activist who became one of the first self-made female millionaires in the United States through her pioneering line of hair-care products for Black women.

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Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company 1
Madame C. J. Walker 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African American ⓘ
businessperson ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ
human ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
political activist ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Madam C. J. Walker ⓘ
surface form: Madame C. J. Walker

Sarah Breedlove ⓘ
surface form: Sarah Breedlove Walker
birthName Sarah Breedlove ⓘ
burialPlace Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City ⓘ
surface form: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City, United States
causeOfDeath hypertension ⓘ
child A'Lelia Walker ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1867-12-23 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1919-05-25 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African Americans
father Owen Jr. Breedlove ⓘ
surface form: Owen Breedlove
fieldOfWork cosmetics industry ⓘ
hair care ⓘ
founded Madam C. J. Walker self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company
hasHeritageSite Villa Lewaro ⓘ
honor National Inventors Hall of Fame inductee ⓘ
National Women's Hall of Fame inductee ⓘ
knownFor Walker System of hair care ⓘ
developing scalp conditioning and healing formula ⓘ
training Black women as beauty culturists and sales agents ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
mother Minerva Anderson ⓘ
notableFor being one of the first self-made female millionaires in the United States ⓘ
hair-care products for Black women ⓘ
occupation businessperson ⓘ
cosmetics manufacturer ⓘ
sales agent ⓘ
ownedProperty Villa Lewaro ⓘ
philanthropyFocus African American educational institutions ⓘ
NAACP ⓘ
placeOfBirth Delta, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Irvington, New York ⓘ
surface form: Irvington, New York, United States
politicalActivity anti-lynching campaigns ⓘ
support for African American civil rights ⓘ
religion Methodism ⓘ
residence Denver, Colorado, United States ⓘ
Harlem ⓘ
surface form: Harlem, New York City, United States

Indianapolis ⓘ
surface form: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Irvington, New York ⓘ
surface form: Irvington, New York, United States

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
sibling Alexander Breedlove ⓘ
James Breedlove ⓘ
Louvenia Breedlove ⓘ
Owen Jr. Breedlove ⓘ
Solomon Breedlove ⓘ
spouse Charles Joseph Walker ⓘ
Moses McWilliams ⓘ
startedBusinessYear 1906 ⓘ
subjectOf Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C. J. Walker ⓘ
supportedOrganization NAACP ⓘ
surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

National Association of Colored Women ⓘ
usedTitle Madam ⓘ
villaLocation Irvington, New York ⓘ
surface form: Irvington, New York, United States
wasSlaveDescendant true ⓘ
workedAs washerwoman in early life ⓘ

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Madam C. J. Walker → alsoKnownAs → Madam C. J. Walker ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madame C. J. Walker
Madam C. J. Walker → founded → Madam C. J. Walker self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company