women millionaires

Describes the life of the African-American laundress who founded a cosmetics company and became the first female self-made millionaire in the United States.

A biography of Sarah Breedlove Walker who, though born in poverty, pioneered in hair and beauty care products for black women and became a great financial success.

Biographical profiles of twelve American women who have achieved prominence and wealth in the business world.

Introduces the life of Madam C. J. Walker, who invented hair-care products for African Americans, founded factories and beauty schools, and organized one of the first national meetings of businesswomen in the United States.

Presents the life of the African American laundress who founded a cosmetics company and became the first female self-made millionaire in the United States.

A biography of the Afro-American businesswoman whose invention of facial creams and other cosmetics led to great financial success and who, throughout her life, devoted herself to many social and political causes.

A biography of the African American businesswoman whose invention of facial creams and other cosmetics led to great financial success.

Describes the life of the black laundress who founded a cosmetics company and became the first female self-made millionaire in the United States.

Presents a brief biography in graphic novel format of Madam C.J. Walker, who invented a line of African-American hair products and cosmetics that helped her become the first self-made female millionaire.

"Recounts the story of the 1914 disappearance of eleven-year-old Sarah Rector, an African American who was part of the Creek Indian people and whose land had made her wealthy, and what it reveals about race, money, and American society"--Provided by OCLC.