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Women’s History Month–Madam C.J. Walker (1867-1919)

If I asked you to name the first female self-made millionaire in the United States, would you correctly identify Sarah Breedlove, a.k.a. Madam C.J. Walker?

Walker was born in 1867 in Louisiana. She suffered from a scalp issue which resulted in hair loss, and with that in mind, created a line of hair care products. She sold them around the US by traveling and giving demonstrations. She “eventually established Madame C.J. Walker Laboratories to manufacture cosmetics and train sales beauticians. Her savvy business acumen led her to be one of the first American women to become a self-made millionaire.”

Did I mention that Walker was African-American, and the daughter of freed slaves? And that her product was specifically geared to the African-American market?

Breedlove went on to donate to a variety of philanthropic causes, including, in 1913, the largest donation by an African-American toward a YMCA. She died in 1919…

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FEMINIST FRIDAY – WOMEN WHO HAVE CHANGED THE WORLD

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Since Sunday brings us a brand new calendar year, I thought it might be fun to look back in history and read about women who changed the world. I hope you enjoy the list and lets make 2017 the year we continue to go out and change the world for the good of all BECAUSE WE KNOW “WOMEN ROCK”.

WOMEN WHO CHANGED THE WORLD

A list of famous influential women, including women’s rights activists, poets, musicians, politicians, humanitarians and scientists courtesy of Biography on line.

Sappho (circa 570 BCE) One of the first known female writers. Much of her poetry has been lost but her immense reputation has remained. Plato referred to Sappho as one of the great 10 poets.

Cleopatra (69 BCE–30 BCE) The last Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt. Cleopatra sought to defend Egypt from the expanding Roman Empire. In doing so she formed relationships with two of Rome’s…