Madam C. J. Walker

Well, hello there my name is Sarah Breedlove, but you might know me as Madam C. J. Walker one of the first black females to become a millionaire, at a young age I opened my own factory and a beauty school I also created the world’s first hair-straightening formula aka the hot comb. You’re welcome. Enough of my boring millionaire life, I’ll tell you how I became to be. I was born December 23, 1867, on a plantation in Delta, Louisiana to two former slaves Owen and Minerva, but by the age of seven I became an orphan my mother died in 1874 and my father passed the next year. After they died I was sent to live with my sister, louvinia and her husband, we moved to Vicksburg Mississippi, in 1877, where I picked cotton and did household work. At the ripe age of 14, I…

Madam C.J. Walker was the first African American millionaire to exist. During her childhood she was orphaned at the age of seven and go married for the first time at the age of fourteen. She was a very prominent woman in the beauty market in 1910. She created a line of hair products that helped with scalp problems that cause hair loss. She made her start when she started experimenting with different hair products, she eventually created a formula that created a smooth, shiny coiffure for African…

Madam C.I. Walker Imagine waking up one morning and being an African American woman with natural hair. You walk into your bathroom and notice that all of your hair products are empty and that you need to restock. You then grab your keys and head for the nearest Sally Beauty Salon to pick up all of your hair products. The door opens and you are walking down the aisle to find your hair products, but all the products are gone that are designed for your hair. Luckily, that is where Madam C.J.…

In some cases being strong does not always mean having a great deal of physical strength. Madame C.J Walker, however, is a woman who embodies what it means to be strong in a non-physical aspect. She, along with many other influential women such as, Shirley Chisholm, Hattie McDaniel, and Angela Davis give women throughout the world a sense of strong female empowerment; especially African American women. Madame C.J. Walker once said, “I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the south. From…

Madam C.J. Walker, originally named Sarah Breedlove, was the first African-American woman to be a self-made millionaire. Madam Walker was a Louisiana native, born on a humble cotton field on December 23, 1867, to Owen and Minerva Breedlove. She was the first, out her three siblings, to be born free. Throughout her early life, Walker went through many hardships. At the age of seven, her parents died from yellow fever leaving her orphaned (Citation). In result of their tough situation, she and her…

Over the course of this semester, I read a book called The Magnolia Story, by Chip and Joanna Gaines. Chip and Joanna Gaines, as you may recognize their names from their hit HGTV show Fixer Upper, have become experts in the business industry. This is because they have spent most of their lives flipping, selling & remodeling houses, learning how to deal with income, saving and spending their profit, and running multiple businesses at once! They started their business, Magnolia homes, and have…

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Company Introduction J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE: JCP) was founded by James Cash Penney in 1902 and has evolved to a holding company and retailer whose principal operating subsidiary is J.C. Penney Corporation, Inc. with 1104 department stores in 49 states and Puerto Rico selling merchandise and services to customers through department stores and online (Mergent Online, 2013). JCP sells a broad range of general merchandise, including apparel, footwear, accessories, jewelry, beauty products…

J.C. Penney Company Inc. is a company involved in operating stores across the United Sates and Puerto Rico. These stores sell a range of apparel, as well as, home furnishings, accessories, foot wear, hand bags, jewelry, beauty products and bath & bed products. J.C. Penney also provides services such as salons, photography, custom decorating, florists, gift cards and credit cards. Customers are able to shop and access the products and services in stores or online. Their biggest competitors…

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