From working as a laundress and cook to running her own business with 40,000 employees, Madam C.J. Walker grew a company from $1.25.
With her own net worth topping $1 million, she was an advocate for Black women’s economic independence. In 1917, she founded the National Negro Cosmetics Manufacturers Association.
Her pioneering has placed her on the
#Forbes250 list honoring historic innovators.
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