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    Madam C. J. Walker (born Sarah Breedlove; December 23, 1867 – May 25, 1919) was an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist...
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    The Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company (Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Co., The Walker Company) was a cosmetics manufacturer incorporated in Indianapolis...
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  • Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C. J. Walker is an American drama television limited series, based on the biography On Her Own Ground by A'Lelia...
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  • C. J. Walker, or CJ Walker may refer to: Madam C. J. Walker (1867–1919), African–American entrepreneur and activist C. J. Walker (basketball), (born 2001)...
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    The Madam C. J. Walker Building, which houses the Madam Walker Legacy Center, was built in 1927 in the city of Indianapolis, in the U.S. state of Indiana...
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  • businesswoman and patron of the arts. She was the only surviving child of Madam C. J. Walker, popularly credited as being the first self-made female millionaire...
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    A'Lelia Bundles (category Madam C. J. Walker)
    author, known for her 2001 biography of her great-great-grandmother Madam C. J. Walker. A'Lelia Bundles grew up in Indianapolis in a family of civic minded...
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    Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her portrayal of Madam C. J. Walker in the Netflix miniseries Self Made (2020). As an author, Spencer...
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    1916, she worked as a social secretary for the beauty entrepreneur Madam C. J. Walker. Though she was married to Lloyd Thomas, she started a long-term romantic...
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    Villa Lewaro (category Madam C. J. Walker)
    architect Vertner Tandy for A’lelia Walker, for her mother, Madam C.J. Walker. An additional site, the Dark Tower Walker residence with business occupancy...
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    Statistical Area. As the birthplace of African-American entrepreneur Madam C. J. Walker, the first American woman to become a millionaire by her own business...
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  • Spencer in the Netflix miniseries, Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C. J. Walker. Later that year he was cast in a series regular role in the Starz...
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    OCLC 269455470. Mortimer, Gavin (2008). The Great Swim (1st U.S. ed.). New York: Walker & Co. ISBN 978-0-8027-1595-1. OCLC 166378101. Stout, Glenn (2009). Young...
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    known as Madam C. J. Walker, operated first in St. Louis and later in Denver, Colorado, until a disagreement led Walker to leave the company. Walker allegedly...
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    told to Robert W. Bruere (1931) "Two American Entrepreneurs: Madam C. J. Walker and J.C. Penney", a National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places...
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    Cavallo. She read the stories of Mary Kom, Margaret Hamilton and Madam C. J. Walker. The series was named among the 50 best podcasts for 2018 by Time...
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  • Marjorie Joyner (category Madam C. J. Walker)
    Joyner later met Madam C. J. Walker, an African American beauty entrepreneur, and the owner of a cosmetic empire. Joyner worked for Walker as a sales representative...
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    in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for her performance as Madam C. J. Walker in the Netflix series Self Made (2020). She was further nominated...
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  • Randolph (April 15, 1883 – April 12, 1963) was an early graduate of Madam C. J. Walker's Lelia Beauty College, opening and running a successful salon in New...
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    at IMDb Tewksbury Almshouse patient records McGinnity, B. L., J. Seymour-Ford, and K. J. Andries. "Anne Sullivan". Perkins School for the Blind. February...
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    while on his way to the Paris Peace Conference, Kuroiwa met with Madam C. J. Walker of the International League for Darker People to discuss a shared...
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    African-American entrepreneurs such as Annie Turnbo Malone, Madam C. J. Walker, Madam Gold S.M. Young, Sara Spencer Washington and Garrett Augustus...
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  • Woodruff Walker (1814–1879), wife of Supreme Court justice David Davis Madam C. J. Walker (Sarah Breedlove, 1867–1919), American businesswoman Sara Walker This...
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    the straightening comb popularized by Madam C. J. Walker and other hairdressers in the early 1900s. The Madam Walker System of Beauty Culture focused more...
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    is not open to the public. The Madame C.J. Walker Home for Girls and Women was named after Madam C. J. Walker (1867–1919), an African American entrepreneur...
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    packages made to look like Poro products. Hair care entrepreneur Madam C. J. Walker never claimed to have invented the hot comb, though often has been...
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    Mary Edwards Walker (November 26, 1832 – February 21, 1919), commonly referred to as Dr. Mary Walker, was an American abolitionist, prohibitionist, prisoner...
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    supernatural genre. Due also wrote The Black Rose, a historical novel about Madam C. J. Walker (based in part on research conducted by Alex Haley before his death)...
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    with a Bachelor of Science degree in sociology, she moved to Washington, D.C. and worked for the Special War Problems Division of the U.S. State Department...
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    Diane von Furstenberg Florence Schorske Wald Lillian Wald Madam C. J. Walker Mary Edwards Walker Emily Howell Warner Mercy Otis Warren Alice Waters Faye...
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