An old saying goes: ‘If life gives you lemons, then make lemonade’. But if life gives you racial oppression, grinding poverty, gender discrimination – and hair loss – then what to do?
Madam CJ Walker knew exactly what. In doing so, she became not only America's first female Black millionaire but its first self-made female millionaire of any race, according to the Guinness Book of Records. Discover the extraordinary story of how a girl born on a 19th-century cotton plantation built a trailblazing hair-care empire and ended up one of New York’s most influential society figures.
All dollar amounts in US dollars.