The First American Woman to Become a Self-Made Millionaire

was Madam C.J. Walker:

And here's her story as part of Black History Month.




NAME: Madam C.J. Walker 

OCCUPATION: Civil Rights Activist, Entrepreneur 

BIRTH DATE: December 23, 1867 

DEATH DATE: May 25, 1919 

DID YOU KNOW?: Madam C.J. Walker was the first American woman to become a self-made millionaire. 

DID YOU KNOW?: In 1913, Madam C.J. Walker donated the largest amount of money by an African American toward the construction of an Indianapolis YMCA. 

DID YOU KNOW?: Also a civil rights activist, in 1917, Madam C.J. Walker was part of a delegation that traveled to the White House to petition President Woodrow Wilson to make lynching a federal crime. 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Near Delta, Louisiana 

PLACE OF DEATH: Irvington-on-Hudson, New York 

ORIGINALLY: Sarah Breedlove 
AKA: Madam C.J. Walker
AKA: Madame C.J. Walker