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Monday, February 23, 2009

IF SHE DID IT, SO CAN I!


I HONOR MADAM CJ WALKER. SHE IS SUCH AN INSPIRATION TO ME, JUST KNOWING SHE WORKED HARD TO BECOME ONE OF THE FIRST BLACK SELF MADE MILLIONAIRE AND NOT ONLY THAT BUT SHE'S A WOMAN! HOW AWESOME IS THAT!



I KNOW ONE DAY I'LL BECOME THE NEXT MADAM CJ WALKER!


Born Sarah Breedlove on December 23, 1867, on a plantation in Delta, Louisiana, she was the daughter of former slaves.


She set out with $1.25 and plenty of determination to become America's first self-made woman millionaire.


Sarah J. Walker (known as Madam C.J. Walker) was the first American self-made millionairess.
In 1916, Madame C.J. Walker moved to New York City.


Walker was also an activist for human rights. In 1917, she was part of a delegation that visited the White House petitioning President Woodrow Wilson to make lynching a federal crime