Description
A vision of dignity and freedom and a strong role model for girls and women of all races.
“I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South. I used to be promoted from the fields to the washtubs. I promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair goods. I have built my own factory on
my own ground.”
Born December 23, 1867, Sarah Breedlove Walker was once the first free-born child of sharecroppers in Delta, Louisiana. Life was once hard, but slavery had ended, and the Breedlove circle of relatives was once free – and if you were free, it’s worthwhile to dream.
And dream she did. VISION OF BEAUTY follows Sarah Breedlove Walker’s rise from a bleak world of poverty and discrimination to unprecedented success as a businesswoman and philanthropist. Through tenacity and faith, she found out a cure for her own hair loss, then started marketing her original products through the Mme. C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company. Well referred to as a woman of economic independence, Madam Walker offered a vision of dignity and freedom for her people and a strong role model for girls and women of all races.
Back matter includes an epilogue, an illustrator’s note, sources, and an index.