Madam C.J. Walker ... journalist named Charles J. Walker, she launched a beauty school in Pittsburgh with the profits from “Mrs. Walker’s Wonderful Hair Grower.” Soon she was training ...

The biographer’s ‘Joy Goddess’ (Scribner, June) explores the life and times of her great-grandmother A’Lelia Walker, the daughter of Madam C.J. Walker and heiress to the Walker hair care fortune.

My maternal grandmother, whom I affectionately call Madile—a contraction of 'Mamie,' the French word for grandma, and Odile, her first name—now has an entirely different perception of natural hair ...

It wasn't until the early 20th century that Madam C.J. Walker, a Black hair care pioneer, introduced products designed for coarse hair. "Madam C.J. Walker suffered from alopecia and ended up ...

She sold her products door-to-door, while teaching women hair care and styling. In 1908 Madam Walker opened a factory and a beauty school in Pittsburgh, and by 1910, when she moved her operations to ...

Candace Mitchell put her hair under a microscope — and started ... blocks from where Madam C.J. Walker — widely known as America's first self-made female millionaire — built her beauty ...

The room at the Green Pond Country Club grew crowded Sunday as the Bethlehem NAACP celebrated its 80th annual Freedom Fund Banquet, a gathering that honors people in the community who champion the ...

She dubbed herself and her brand Madam C.J. Walker. Her signature product was the Wonderful Hair Grower, which helped with scalp problems. To sell her products she went door to door, teaching women ...

It’s not surprising, then, that Madame C.J. Walker, listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as America’s first female self-made millionaire, made her fortune and empowered thousands of fellow ...