Madam C. J. Walker

CTL-E-1530 · Person · businessperson · 1900s-1910s

VERIFIED evidence grade of this record

Entrepreneur and philanthropist; built the Madam C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company hair-care empire; among the first self-made Black women millionaires in the United States.

The record

• Also known as: Sarah Breedlove, Sarah Breedlove Walker, Madam C.J. Walker

Notes

Article spelling "Madam" used. Distinct from CTL-E-1072 (graph institution record of the Walker enterprise).

Relationships

• A'Lelia Walker — child of
  A'Lelia Walker was Madam C. J. Walker's daughter.
• Booker T. Washington — related to
  Walker donated to Tuskegee Institute, the school Booker T. Washington founded and led.
• Independent Black beauty shops and the Poro/Walker agent networks (sector) — related to
  Walker began as a commission sales agent for Annie Turnbo Malone's Poro products before building her own agent network; the sector record documents the Poro/Walker agent networks.
• Madam C.J. Walker donates $5,000 to the NAACP anti-lynching fund (1917) — related to
  The graph records Madam C.J. Walker's 1917 $5,000 donation to the NAACP anti-lynching fund.

Referenced by

• Madam C.J. Walker — founded by → this record
• Madam C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company — founded by → this record
• Marjorie Stewart Joyner — related to → this record

Sources

• CultureTechLens batch RELP3 research

Record CTL-E-1530 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: VERIFIED · 1 source · 7 mapped relationships · CTL research: RELP-001.
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