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//Madame C.J. Walker (1867-1919)

Walker was an entreprenuer and philanthropist. She was born Sarah Breedlove in December 23, 1867, in Delta Louisana. At age 20 she was a widowed mother. Going through her own struggles of hair loss she started experimenting with different types of hair treatments. In 1905 she invented a product of straigtening African-Americans hair. Since her business was going so well she opened an office in Pittsburg and left it in charge of her daughter. When Madame C.J. Walker moved to Indianapolis in 1910 she established the headquarters of Madame C.J. Walker Laboratories to constuct cosmetics amd train sales beauticians.//