Summary of Madam CJ Walker
Born into poverty in the year of 1867, orphaned at the age of seven, Madam CJ Walker worked in the state of Mississippi on the cotton fields. At the age of fourteen, she married, and had a child. Working as a laundry women, Madam CJ Walker was able to provide her only daughter, born in 1885, with an education. Madam CJ Walker lost some hair due to her scalp ailment in the year of 1890, then decided to take a look at different products made by Annie Malone. Madam CJ Walker began to work for Annie Malone in the year of 1905, and relocated to the state of Denver, where she married Charles Joseph Walker. While living in Denver, she sold her own products called “Madam Walker's Wonderful Hair Grower”, and had her own business.