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Madam C.J. Walker

(23 Dec 1867 - 25 May 1919)

Black-American businessperson and inventor. American businesswoman and philanthropist whose fortune was made by developing and hugely successful marketing of hair and beauty and hair products for black women to become the first self-accomplished American millionairess.

Science Quotes by Madam C.J. Walker (3)

...I want to say to every Negro woman present, don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them!

— Madam C.J. Walker

See also: | Initiative (6) | Role Model (5)

I got myself a start by giving myself a start.

— Madam C.J. Walker

New York Times Magazine, November 4, 1917

See also: | Initiative (6) | Role Model (5)

There is no royal flower-strewn path to success. And if there is, I have not found it, for if I have accomplished anything in life it is because I have been willing to work hard.

— Madam C.J. Walker

See also: | Initiative (6) | Role Model (5)

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