Carson, Mary Kay.
Who was the hair-care millionaire? Madame C.J. Walker / Madame C.J. Walker Mary Kay Carson. - Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Elementary, c2012. - 24 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 20 x 24 cm. - I like inventors! . - I like inventors! .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 22-23) and index.
Words to know -- Rags to riches -- Tough start -- Hard life -- Dream answer -- Growing business -- Hair-care company -- Share the wealth -- Model millionaire.
The incredible and true story of hair-care tycoon Madame C.J. Walker. Born into poverty on a Louisiana plantation, the child of former slaves, and orphaned at the age of 7, she began to concoct her own hair treatments as a young woman and sold them door-to-door, eventually making a fortune and providing dignified employment to many other African American women.
9780766039735 (lib. bdg.) 0766039730 (lib. bdg.)
2011029277
Walker, C. J., Madam, 1867-1919 --Juvenile literature.
Walker, C. J., Madam, 1867-1919.
African American women executives--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Cosmetics industry--History--United States--Juvenile literature.
Women millionaires--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Biography.
Cosmetics industry--History.--United States
Women millionaires--United States--Biography.
HD9970.5.C672 / W3536 2012
338.7/66855 B
Who was the hair-care millionaire? Madame C.J. Walker / Madame C.J. Walker Mary Kay Carson. - Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Elementary, c2012. - 24 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 20 x 24 cm. - I like inventors! . - I like inventors! .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 22-23) and index.
Words to know -- Rags to riches -- Tough start -- Hard life -- Dream answer -- Growing business -- Hair-care company -- Share the wealth -- Model millionaire.
The incredible and true story of hair-care tycoon Madame C.J. Walker. Born into poverty on a Louisiana plantation, the child of former slaves, and orphaned at the age of 7, she began to concoct her own hair treatments as a young woman and sold them door-to-door, eventually making a fortune and providing dignified employment to many other African American women.
9780766039735 (lib. bdg.) 0766039730 (lib. bdg.)
2011029277
Walker, C. J., Madam, 1867-1919 --Juvenile literature.
Walker, C. J., Madam, 1867-1919.
African American women executives--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Cosmetics industry--History--United States--Juvenile literature.
Women millionaires--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Biography.
Cosmetics industry--History.--United States
Women millionaires--United States--Biography.
HD9970.5.C672 / W3536 2012
338.7/66855 B