On her own ground
the life and times of Madam CJ Walker
Book - 2002
Bundles, a journalist and great-great-granddaughter of Madam C.J. Walker, offers a lively portrait of an American businesswoman. Walker, the first freeborn child of slaves, rose from poverty to establish a successful hair-care business, became one of the wealthiest women in the U.S., and devoted herself to a life of activism and philanthropy toward race and women's issues. photo insert.
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[2002]
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| 260 | |a New York : |b Washington Square Press, |c [2002] | ||
| 300 | |a 415 pages, [16] pages of plates : |b illustrations, portraits ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-385) and index. | ||
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| 520 | |a Bundles, a journalist and great-great-granddaughter of Madam C.J. Walker, offers a lively portrait of an American businesswoman. Walker, the first freeborn child of slaves, rose from poverty to establish a successful hair-care business, became one of the wealthiest women in the U.S., and devoted herself to a life of activism and philanthropy toward race and women's issues. photo insert. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Biological ancestors of Fairy Mae Bryant -- Descendants of Owen Breedlove, Sr. -- Prologue -- Freedom baby -- Motherless child -- Wife, mother, widow -- St. Louis woman -- Answered prayers -- World's fair -- Westward -- On the road -- Bold moves -- "The salvation of your boys and girls" -- "I promoted myself ..." -- Breaking ties, making ties -- Sweet satisfaction -- New horizons -- Black metropolis -- Southern tour -- "We should protest" -- War abroad, war at home -- Her dream of dreams -- Global visions -- "I want to live to help my race" -- A'Lelia Walker: an afterword -- Epilogue -- Endnotes -- Selected bibliography -- Permissions -- Acknowledgments -- Index. | |
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