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"Madam Walker was a master marketer. But her brilliance was in taking it to another level by training women, by traveling, by making very motivational speeches and by providing independent income for women who otherwise would have to be maids and sharecroppers."
A'Lelia Bundles
Motivational
Women
Training
Who
"Madame Walker was one of the four iconic women who really created what's now the modern hair-care and cosmetics industry, and we know about her in the black community because everybody gets their hair done."
A'Lelia Bundles
Women
Community
Black
Hair
"You know the AME Church has a history of empowering black people and having an international outlook. So it was the women of the church who began to give Sarah Breedlove an image of herself as something other than an illiterate washerwoman, and she wanted to make her life better, and her daughter's life better."
A'Lelia Bundles
Life
History
Women
You
"To her credit, Madam Walker discerned that black women wanted to conform to white Victorian models of beauty. She was aware of the double- sidedness of her products - helping black women appear more European in look, with straight hair - but she always maintained that she was simply selling products that promoted hair growth."
A'Lelia Bundles
Beauty
Women
Growth
Look
"For all my life, I've been trying to tell Madam's story and really it's a labor of love just to make sure people know about her and the empowerment she gave to other women."
A'Lelia Bundles
Life
Love
Women
People
"As much as any woman of the twentieth century, Madam Walker paved the way for the profound social changes that altered women's place in American society."
A'Lelia Bundles
Women
Society
Woman
Way
"So Madam C.J. Walker's Wonderful Hair Grower, when applied after shampooing the hair more frequently, allowed women's scalp to be healthier and their hair to grow back. That was her most popular product."
A'Lelia Bundles
Women
Grow
Hair
Back
"Through the years, Madam Walker has certainly become a staple of anything that has to do with black history, women's history and entrepreneurship."
A'Lelia Bundles
History
Women
Black
Anything
"I know of at least two black women who are billionaires: Sheila Johnson, who co-founded BET, and Oprah Winfrey. And I know of hundreds of black women whose net worth is over $1 million."
A'Lelia Bundles
Women
Black
Who
Know
"From the beginning, Madam C. J. Walker's message was as much about hair and beauty as it was about empowering other women. She knew that confidence and self-assurance are key ingredients to success, and that true beauty comes from within."
A'Lelia Bundles
Beauty
Success
Women
Confidence
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