Madam C.J. Walker was the first African-American millionaire. But she grew up poor, and worked as a washer woman before she made her money selling hair care products to African-American women around the turn of the 20th century. She also helped many in her community make a better life. (Images courtesy of A'Lelia Bundles/Madam Walker Family Archives)
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Madam C.J. Walker: A Woman Ahead Of Her Time
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Madam Walker's house , which is both a National Historic Landmark and a National Trust for Historic Preservation National Treasure, Irvington, New York, 1924. (Photo credit: A'Lelia Bundles/Madam Walker Family Archives)
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Colorized version of a portrait of Madam Walker, circa 1913 by Addison Scurlock, a well-known African American photographer. (Photo credit: A'Lelia Bundles/Madam Walker Family Archives)
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Madam Walker, niece and employees in Model T, 1912 (A'Lelia Bundles/Madam Walker Family Archives)