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On this day, Dec. 23, in 1867, Madam C. J. Walker, born Sarah Breedlove, entered the world on a plantation in Delta, Louisiana, to formerly enslaved parents. Orphaned at age seven and working as a domestic servant, she endured poverty and hardship before reinventing herself as “Madam” C. J. Walker. After experimenting with remedies for scalp conditions, Walker founded a thriving business empire selling Black hair care products and cosmetics. Her company employed thousands of African-American women, empowering them through economic opportunities. Through her entrepreneurial spirit, Walker became America's first self-made Black female millionaire. A dedicated philanthropist, she supported Black educational institutions and championed civil rights causes. Her estate, Villa Lewaro, stood as a symbol of success and achievement. Madam C. J. Walker passed away on May 25, 1919, at the age of 51, leaving behind a legacy of empowerment and self-sufficiency that continues to inspire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get ready to build your multimillion-dollar international business empire - here's a dollar and fifteen years. Can't do it? Sarah Breedlove did - this is her story.

A tangible remnant is a historic building that left a mark on the built environment and tells the story of people who came before us. This episode explores the tangible remnant that is Villa Lewaro in Irvington, NY. Listen to learn about the building, architect, historical figure that commissioned the building, and how the building is being used today. Links:Villa Lewaro overview by NTHP Deeper Dive into Villa Lewaro Netflix Show Self MadeBook: 'On her own ground' by A'Leila BundlesNational Register nomination for Villa LewaroTangible Remnants on InstagramTangible Remnants WebsiteLinkedTr.ee for resourcesEarn CEUs for listening to this podcastSignup for Ask Me Anything w/ Nakita ReedGabl Media NetworkSarah Gilberg's MusicBio: Synopsis from the biography on Madame C.J. Walker that was written by her great-great granddaughter, A'Leila Bundles, in the book: "On Her Own Ground": "The daughter of formerly enslaved parents, Sarah Breedlove—who would become known as Madam C. J. Walker—was orphaned at seven, married at fourteen, and widowed at twenty. She spent the better part of the next two decades laboring as a washerwoman for $1.50 a week. Then—with the discovery of a revolutionary hair care formula for black women—everything changed. By her death in 1919, Walker managed to overcome astonishing odds: building a storied beauty empire from the ground up, amassing wealth unprecedented among black women, and devoting her life to philanthropy and social activism. Along the way, she formed friendships with great early-twentieth-century political figures such as Ida B. Wells, Mary McLeod Bethune, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Booker T. Washington." **Some of the links above maybe Amazon affiliate links, which means that if you choose to make a purchase, I will earn a commission. This commission comes at no additional cost to you.**

Se salvó por muy poco de ser una esclava y, a cambio, creó un imperio de la cosmética cuyas ramificaciones aún perduran. Sarah Breedlove, conocida como Madame C.J. Walker, se benefició de un olfato empresarial inédito para crear hace más de un siglo a partir de un crecepelo una gran empresa con ventas de medio millón de dólares al año y una amplia red de ventas en Estados Unidos y en el exterior. Clara Ruiz de Gauna, redactora jefe del periódico y autora de la saga sobre los personajes que han hecho historia en el mundo financiero que se publica todas las semanas en EXPANSIÓN, y los redactores del periódico Amaia Ormaetxea y Antonio Santamaría analizan el legado de la primera mujer millonaria de raza negra.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's 2024!! We're starting the new year off by talking about firsts! Alex tells us of the first American female millionaire, Sarah Breedlove! Clara tells the story of the OG Iditarod!

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The cards were stacked against Sarah Breedlove from the start. Born in 1867 to formerly enslaved parents and growing up along the cotton fields of the deep south during the Reconstruction Era. She was orphaned at 7, married at 14 and widowed at 20, leaving her utterly alone in the world with a small child to raise.   But Sarah had learned from an early age to be her own advocate and her own savior. Dragging herself up from the dredges of poverty to become one of the wealthiest business owners in America. In turn she would set out to use her wealth and influence to better the lives of black citizens, specifically black women and girls across the nation.

Madam C. J. Walker foi a primeira criança a nascer livre em uma família de escravizados, e é considerada pela Guinness como a primeira mulher a se tornar milionária por conta própria nos Estados Unidos. Sarah Breedlove nasceu em 1867, na mesma plantação de algodão onde seus pais trabalhavam como escravos antes da Guerra Civil. Órfã desde os sete anos de idade, SB se casou pela primeira vez aos 14 anos. Aos 20, já era viúva e trabalhava como lavadeira para sustentar a si e à filha. Começou a tentar desenvolver produtos capilares que curassem caspa e outras questões. Ao trabalhar como cozinheira na casa de um farmacologista, aprendeu com o patrão noções básicas de química e conseguiu aprimorar a fórmula de sua pomada anti-caspa. Sarah adotou o nome Madam C. J. Walker após seu terceiro casamento. Os produtos capilares eram um sucesso. Walker passou a treinar revendedoras por todo o país. Mulheres negras conquistaram independência financeira trabalhando para Madam C. J. Walker. Em 1919, Walker já tinha mais de 25.000 revendedoras nos Estados Unidos e países da América Central. Uma das empresárias mais bem-sucedidas de seu tempo, Walker também se consagrou como ativista social e filantropa, fazendo doações consistentes a instituições anti-racistas, escolas e orfanatos, além de pagar bolsas de estudos para diversos estudantes negros. Sua mansão, Villa Lewaro, se tornou um dos principais pontos de encontro para pensadores negros; hoje o local é tido como patrimônio histórico dos Estados Unidos. Madam C. J. Walker era a mulher mais rica do país quando morreu, por problemas no rim e hipertensão, aos 51 anos.

The Business Woman. The Beautiful. The Baron.This is the story of Madam C. J. Walker (Sarah Breedlove).Instagram (@madeofmettlepodcast)Facebook (Made of Mettle Podcast Group)madeofmettlepodcast.comSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/madeofmettle)

Nos adentramos en la fascinante historia de la empresaria y filántropa Madam C.J. Walker, considerada la primera mujer (y primera afroamericana) en convertirse en millonaria en EEUU por sus propios medios. A través de la compañía que ella misma fundó, amasó una enorme fortuna desarrollando y comercializando una línea de productos de peluquería y cosmética específicamente diseñados para reivindicar y ensalzar la belleza de las mujeres negras. Edurne Baz repasa la vida de la empresaria y filántropa Sarah Breedlove, que plantó cara con éxito al machismo y el racismo estructural de EEUU.

Congrats to Adam Bomb, who won week 3 of #moxiemillion, by sharing the show to help it reach 1 million downloads this month! Necessity is the mother of invention and these inventions had real mothers!  Hear about Black female inventors, the tribulations of research, and a story I didn't expect to find and couldn't pass up. 01:00 L'histoire  06:36 Martha Jones's corn husker 07:55 Mary Jones de Leon's cooking apparatus 08:56 Judy Reed's dough kneader-roller 10:30 Sarah Goode's folding bed-desk 11:40 Sarah Boon's ironing board 17:15 Lyda Newman's hairbrush 19:33 Madam CJ Walker's Wonderful Hair-grower 22:03 Biddy Mason Links to all the research resources are on the website. Hang out with your fellow Brainiacs.  Reach out and touch Moxie on Facebook, Twitter,  or Instagram.  Become a patron of the podcast arts! Patreon or Ko-Fi.  Or buy the book and a shirt. Music: Kevin MacLeod, David Fesilyan, Dan Henig. and/or Chris Haugen. Sponsors:  What Was That Like, Reddit on Wiki, Sambucol Want to start a podcast or need a better podcast host?  Get up to TWO months hosting for free from Libsyn with coupon code "moxie."   The first Africans arrived at Jamestown, Virginia in 1619. They were recorded as “20 and odd Negroes.” These Africans had been stolen from a Portuguese slave ship, transported to an English warship flying a Dutch flag and sold to colonial settlers in American.  The schooner Clotilda (often misspelled Clotilde) was the last known U.S. slave ship to bring captives from Africa to the United States, arriving at Mobile Bay, in autumn 1859[1] or July 9, 1860   The end of the Civil War and the passage of the 13th and 14th Amendments meant that all black inventors now had the right to apply for patents. The result over the next few decades was a virtual explosion of patented inventions by black mechanics, blacksmiths, domestic workers, and farm laborers — many of them ex-slaves. By 1895 the U.S. Patent Office was able to advertise a special exhibit of inventions patented by black inventors. The list of new inventions patented by blacks after the Civil War reveals what kinds of occupations they held and in which sectors of the labor force they were concentrated. Agricultural implements, devices for easing domestic chores, and devices related to the railroad industry were common subjects for black inventors. Some patented inventions developed in the course of operating businesses like barbershops, restaurants, and tailoring shops. started here Researching African-American history is far tougher than it should be.  Marginalized stories don't get written down, and then there was the whole Lost Cause thing, actively eradicating what stories had been recorded.  For those in far-flung parts fortunate enough not to have have attended a school whose history books were written or chosen by these [sfx bleep], the Lost Cause was people like the Daughters of the Confederacy purposefully rewriting history.  Their version of events was that civil war generals were heroes, slaves were generally treated well and were happy to work for their enslavers, and that the war was about state's rights, not the immorality of owning another human being.  It was from this movement that my hometown of Richmond, VA got a beautiful tree-lined avenue of expensive row houses and every third block had a statue of a civil war general.  the number of Confederate memorial installations peaked around 1910 — 50 years after the end of the Civil War and at the height of Jim Crow, an era defined by segregation and disenfranchisement laws against black Americans. Confederate installations spiked again in the 1950s and 1960s, during the Civil Rights Movement.  It weren't nothing to do with celebrating ancestors who fought for what they believed in, which you shouldn't do if your ancestor was so stunningly wrong in their beliefs, it was about telling African-Americans that you haven't forgotten when they were under your boot and you'd bring all that back tomorrow if you could.  The statues are on my mind today because I was just in a networking event with Noah Scalin and Mark Cheatham, the artists who created a now iconic (regionally) iconic image of the empty plinth where the Robert E Lee statue stood.  Scalin was the guy that started the Skull A Day website, if you ever saw that, and my husband helped him do an art installation in Times Square.   But my squirrel brain was talking about the inherent difficulty of researching this topic.  Details were sparse for the male inventors and it wasn't uncommon for me to find the same photo used on articles about different people, and if I ever, say, shared an image of Benjamin Montgomery with the caption Henry Boyd, many many apologies for the inconvenience.  But in researching black *women inventors, I'd be lucking to *find a picture, misattributed or otherwise.  Or their story or even enough of a bio to fill out aa 3x5 index card.  I got nothing, bupkis, el zilcho.  Well, not nothing-nothing, but not a fraction of what I wanted to present to you.  One of my goals with YBOF is to amplify the stories of POC, women, and the LGBT (see my recent Tiktok about the amazing Gladys Bently for the trifecta), but I guess if I really mean to do that, I'm going to have to abandon Google in favor of an actual library, when I no longer have to be wary of strangers trying to kill me with their selfishness.  That aside, I love a library.  I used to spend summer afternoons at the one by my house in high school – it was cool, quiet, full of amazing knowledge and new stories, and best of all, my 4 little sisters had no interest in going.  When you come from a herd of six kids, anything you can have exclusively to yourself, even if it's because no one else wants it, immediately becomes your favorite thing.   So I don't have as much as I wanted about Black female inventors of the pre-Civil War era, but I did find one real gem that I almost gave the entire episode to, but we'll come to her.  As with male inventors, it can be a little sketch to say this one was first or that one was first.  There are a number of reasons for this.  Black people kept in bondage were expressly prohibited from being issued patents by a law in 18??.  Some would change their names in an attempt to hide their race, some would use white proxies, and of course many Black inventors had their ideas stolen, often by their enslavers, who believed that they owned not only the person, but all of their work output, that they owned the inventor's ideas as much as they owned the crops he harvested, the horseshoes he applied, or the goods he built.     The other big thing that makes early patent history tricky is something I've dealt with personally, twice - a good ol' fashioned structure fire.  A fire broke out in a temporary patent office and even though there was a fire station right next door, 10,000 early patents were lost, as were about 7000 patent models, which used to be part of the application process.  Long story short, we don't, and probably can't, know definitively who was the first, second, and third Black woman to receive a patent, so I'm going to take what names I *can find and put them in chronological order, though surely there are some inventors whose names have been lost, possibly forever.   Martha Jones is believed to be the first Black woman to receive a U.S. patent in 1868, three years after the end of the Civil War, for her improvement to the “Corn Husker, Sheller.”  Her invention made it possible to husk, shell, cut and separate corn all in one step, saving time and labor.  This would be for dry or field corn, the kind used to make cornbread, not sweet corn, the kind you eat on the bone in the summer.  This invention laid a foundation stone for advancements in automatic agricultural processes that are still in use today.  I can show you the schematics from Jones' patent, but as for Jones herself, I've got sweet Fanny Adams.  But I can tell you that her patent came 59 years after the first white woman got hers in 1809, for a weaving process for bonnets, which I think also illustrates what constituted a “problem” in each woman's life.  On the gender side of things, Jones' patent came 47 years after Thomas Jennings became the first black man to receive a U.S. Patent in 1821 for the precursor to dry-cleaning, whose details we lost in that fire.   Next up, or so it is believed, was another Jones (it's like Wales in here today), Mary Jones De Leon.  In 1873, De Leon was granted U.S. patent No. 140,253 for her invention titled ”Cooking Apparatus.”  De Leon, who lived in Baltimore, Maryland, and is buried outside Atlanta, GA, created an apparatus for heating or cooking food either by dry heat or steam, or both.  It was an early precursor to the steam tables now used in buffets and cafeterias.  Remember buffets?  We'll be explaining them to our grandkids.  You'd go to a restaurant and eat out of communal troughs with strangers for $10.  By the way, if I were to say ‘chafing dish' and you thought of a throw-away line from the 1991 movie Hot Shot, “No, a crock pot is for cooking all day,” that's why we're friends.  If you didn't, don‘t worry, we're still friends.   The third patent in our particular pattern went to Judy Woodford Reed, and that patent is about the only records we have for her.  She improved existing machines for working bread dough with her "Dough Kneader and Roller" in 1884.  Her design mixed the dough more evenly, while keeping it covered, which would basically constitute sterile conditions back then.  Reed appears in the 1870 Federal Census as a 44 year old seamstress near Charlottesville, Virginia, along with her husband Allen, a gardener, and their five children.  Sometime between 1880 and 1885, Allen Reed died, and Judy W. Reed, calling herself "widow of Allen," moved to Washington, D. C.  It is unlikely that Reed was able to read, write, or even sign her name.  The census refers to Judy and Allen both as illiterate, and her patent is signed with an "X".   That might have actually worked to her favor.  Lots of whites, about 1 in 5, were illiterate back then, too, and an X reveals neither race nor gender.   The first African-American woman to fully sign a patent was Sarah E. Goode of Chicago.  Bonus fact: illiteracy is why we use an X to mean a kiss at the bottom of a letter or greeting card.  People who couldn't sign their name to a contract or legal document would mark it with an X and kiss it to seal their oath.  Tracing the origin of O meaning hug is entirely unclear, though, and theories abound.   Sarah Elisabeth Goode obtained a patent in 1885 for a Cabinet-bed, a "sectional bedsteads adapted to be folded together when not in use, so as to occupy less space, and made generally to resemble some article of furniture when so folded."  Details continue to be sparse, but we know that as of age 5 in 1860, she was free and living in Ohio.  She moved to Chicago 10 years later and 10 years after that, married a man named Archibald, who was a carpenter, as her father had been.  They had some kids, as people often do, though we don't know how many.   If they had many kids or lived in a small space for the number of kids they had, that could have been what motivated Goode to create a very early version of the cool desk that turns into a bed things you can see online that sell for hundreds or thousands of dollars.  Goode's invention had hinged sections that were easily raised or lowered. When not functioning as a bed, the invention could easily be used as a desk with small compartments for storage, ideal for a small city apartment, especially if there were hella kids in there.   We have a bit more on another Sarah inventor, this time Sarah Boone of NC.  Born into bondage in 1832, Sarah may have acquired her freedom by marrying James Boone, a free Black man, in 1847.  Together, they had eight children and worked to help the Underground Railroad.  Soon the family, along with Sarah's widowed mother, made their way north to New Haven, Connecticut.  Sarah worked as a dressmaker and James as a bricklayer until his death in the 1870s.  They'd done well enough for themselves to purchase their own home.  Far removed from the strictures and structures of enslavement, Sarah became a valued member of her community and began taking reading and writing lessons.     It was through her workaday life as a dressmaker that she invented a product you might well have in your home today, the modern-day ironing board.  Quick personal aside in an episode that's already chock-full of them–did anyone else marry military or former military and make your spouse do all the ironing because you assume they'd be better at it from having to do their uniforms?  I can't be the only one.  Back to Sarah Boone, who wanted “to produce a cheap, simple, convenient and highly effective device, particularly adapted to be used in ironing the sleeves and bodies of ladies garments.”   You might think the ironing board didn't *need to be “invented,” that it was just one of those things everybody kinda just had, but no.  Prior to Boone, you'd put bits of wood between the backs of two chairs, like a makeshift sawhorse.  And anyone who's ever used a makeshift sawhorse only to have it slide apart out from under them or end up sawing into their dining room table will attest that there was indeed room for improvement.  She began by creating a narrower, curved board that could slip into the  sleeves of dresses and shirts, with padding to stop the texture of the wooden base from being imprinted onto the fabric, and the whole thing collapsed for easy storage.   With a bit of help from other dressmakers, she finalized the design for which she'd be awarded her patent in 1892.  Such a simple device was a boon to many a homemaker, though there remains the extent to which she profited from the invention, particularly as they became a product for mass distribution by companies. Even so, we know that it was soon an indispensable household device and made manufacturers wealthy.   MIDROLL   Lyda Newman is remembered for two things, patented the first hairbrush with synthetic bristles in 1898 and her activism in the women's voting rights movement of the early 20th century – she was a key organizer of a Black branch of the Woman Suffrage Party, which was trying to give women the legal right to vote.  We know she was born in Ohio sometime between 1865 and 1885, which is a helluva range for history so relatively recent, and that she spent most of her life living in New York City, working as a hairdresser.      As a hairdresser, and an owner of a head of hair herself, Newman wanted the process of brushing hair to be more hygienic and efficient.  Most hairbrushes at the time were made using animal hair, the same kind you might get in shaving brushes or paint brushes.  Now imagine trying to get knots out with a shaving brush.  Animal-based bristles were too soft for the job, which is where we get the old trope/advice of 100 strokes – it took that many to get the job done.  And that was for white woman.  These brushes were practically useless for the thicker textures of African American hair.  Animal hair also harbored bacteria like it's nobody's business, which is unfortunate since it was also used to bristle toothbrushes and, oh yeah, back in the day, you'd have a single household toothbrush that everyone shared.  Newman's brush used synthetic fibers, which were more durable and easier to clean, in evenly spaced rows of bristles with open slots to clear debris away from the hair into a recessed compartment.  The back could be opened with a button for cleaning out the compartment.     This wasn't a gimmick or fly-by-night idea.  Newman's invention changed the hair-care industry by making hairbrushes less expensive and easier to manufacture.  This paved the way for other Black inventors in the hair-care space to actually *create the black hair care industry, chief among them, Sarah Breedlove.  Don't recognize the name?  What if I call her Madam C.J. Walker?  Well, I'm gonna tell you about her either way.  Breedlove, born in 1867 in Louisiana, was the first child in her family born into freedom, but found herself an orphan at age seven after both parents died of yellow fever.  She lived with a brother-in-law, who abused her, before marrying Moses McWilliams at age 14 to get away from him.  Sarah was a mother at 17 and a widow at 20, so on the whole, not having a good time of it.  And to top it all off, her hair was falling out.   She developed a product to treat the unspecified scalp disease that caused it, made of petroleum jelly, sulfur, and a little perfume to make it smell better.  And it worked!  She called it Madame C.J.Walker Wonderful Hair Grower (she was now married to Charles Walker) and along with Madame C.J.Walker Vegetable Shampoo, began selling door-to-door to other African-American women suffering from the same disease.  5 years later, she set up the Madame C.J.Walker Manufacturing Company in the US, and later expanded her business to Central America and the Caribbean.  She recruited 25,000 black women by the early 1900s to act as door-to-door beauty consultants across North and Central America, and the Caribbean.  Walker was the first one using the method known today as direct sales marketing to distribute and sell her products, a method adopted later on by Avon, TupperWare, and others.  And she paid well, too!  You could earn $25 a week with Walker, a damn site better than $2 per week as a domestic servant.  Her workforce would grow to be 40,000 strong.  So don't be telling me that paying a living wage is bad for business.   Walker didn't keep her success to herself, but used her wealth to support African-American institutions, the black YMCA, helped people with their mortgages, donated to orphanages and senior citizens homes, and was a believer in the power of education.  Now be sure you don't do as I am wont to do and accidentally conflate Madame CJ Walker with Maggie Walker, the first African American woman to charter a bank and the first African American woman to serve as a bank president, and an advocate for the disabled, because she deserves coverage of her own.    As I was searching for black female inventors, I came across one listicle with a paragraph on a woman the author claimed helped “invent” the city of Los Angeles.  That's a bit of a stretch, I thought to myself, but as I read the story of Bridget “Biddy” Mason, I became so utterly fascinated, I almost flipped the script to do the episode entirely about her.  I did not, as you've plainly noticed, since I'd already done primary research for the first six pages of an eight page script. Biddy was born into slavery in 1818 in Georgia, maybe.  We do know she spent most of her early life on a plantation owned by Robert Smithson.  During her teenage years, she learned domestic and agricultural skills, as well as herbal medicine and midwifery from African, Caribbean, and Native American traditions of other female slaves.  Her knowledge and skill made her beneficial to both the slaves and the plantation owners.  According to some authors, Biddy was either given to or sold to Robert Smith and his wife Rebecca in Mississippi in the 1840s.  Biddy had three children, Ellen, Ann, and Harriet.  Their paternity is unknown, but it's been speculated that Ann and Harriet were fathered by Smith.   Smith, a Mormon convert, followed the call of church leaders to settle in the West to establish a new Mormon community in what would become Salt Lake City, Utah in what was at the time still part of Mexico.  The Mormon church was a-okay with slavery, encouraging people to treat the enslaved kindly, as they were lesser beings who needed the white man's protection.  In 1848, 30-year-old Mason *walked 1,700 miles behind a 300-wagon caravan. Along the route west Mason's responsibilities included setting up and breaking camp, cooking the meals, herding livestock, and serving as a midwife as well as taking care of her three young daughters aged ten, four, and an infant.  Utah didn't last long for the Smiths and 3 years later, they set out in a 150-wagon caravan for San Bernardino, California to establish another Mormon community.  Ignoring warnings that slavery was illegal in California, Smith gathered his livestock and people they treated like livestock and schlepped them along.  Although California joined the United States as a free state in 1850, the laws around slavery were complicated and there was a lot of forced labor to be found.  Indigenous people could be forced to work as "contract laborers."  How, you ask?  Well this made we swear loudly when I read it.  Every weekend, local authorities would arrest intoxicated Natives on dubious charges and take them to what was essentially a slave mart and auction off their labor for the coming week. If they were paid at the end of that week, they were usually paid in alcohol so they could get drunk and be arrested to be auctioned off again.   Along the way, biddy Mason met free blacks who urged her to legally contest her slave status once she reached California, a free state.  When they got to Cali, Mason met more free blacks, like her lifelong friends Robert and Minnie Owens, who told her the same thing.  Smith must have noticed this, because a few years later, fearing the loss of his slaves, he decided to move the whole kit and caboodle to Texas, a slave state.  This was obviously real bad news for Mason and the other enslaved people, but thankfully Mason had the Owens on her side, particularly since her now 17 year old daughter was in love with their son.  The law was on her side, too.  The California Fugitive Slave Act, enacted in 1852, allowed slave owners to temporarily hold enslaved persons in California and transport them back to their home state, but this law wouldn't have covered Smith because he wasn't from Texas.  When Robert Owens told the Los Angeles County Sheriff that there were people being illegally held in bondage and being taken back to a slave state, the sheriff gathered a posse, including Owens, his sons, and cattleman from Owens' ranch, and cut Smith off at the pass, literally Cajon Pass, and prevented him from leaving the state.  The sheriff was armed with a legal document, a writ of habeus corpus, signed by Judge Benjamin Hayes.   On January 19, 1856 she petitioned the court for freedom for herself and her extended family of 13 women and children.  Their fate was now in the hands of Judge Hayes.  You wouldn't expect Hayes to be on Mason's side in a dispute against Smith.  Hayes hailed from a slave state and had owned slaves himself, plus in his time as a journalist, he's written pro-Mormon articles.  The trial started with a damning statement from Biddy's eldest daughter Hannah, herself a mother of a newborn, saying she wanted to go to Texas.  The sheriff spoke to her afterwards and found she was terrified of Smith and had said what she was told to say.  She wasn't wrong to be scared.  Smith threatened Mason's lawyer and bribed him to leave the case.  Smith's son and hired men trail hands went to the jail where Mason and her family were being kept safe and tried to intimidate the jailer.  They also threatened the Owens family and a neighborhood grocer and a doctor. They said 'If this case isn't resolved on Southern principles, you'll all pay the price, all people of color.'    Judge Hayes…he wasn't having any of this.  Technically, Mason and her children had also become free the minute they stepped into California. The new California constitution stated that “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude unless for the punishment of crimes shall ever be tolerated in this state.” However, lacking options and probably unaware of her full rights, Mason continued to serve in the Smith household.  Smith claimed Mason and the others had stayed because they were “members of his family” who voluntarily offered to go with him to Texas.  Mason, as a non-white person, was legally barred from testifying against the white Smith in court, so Judge Hayes took her into his chambers along with two trustworthy local gentlemen who acted as observers to depose her.  He asked her only whether she was going voluntarily, and what she said was, 'I always do what I have been told, but I have always been afraid of this trip to Texas."    Smith fled to Texas before the trial could conclude.  On January 19, Judge Hays ruled in favor of Mason.  "And it further appearing by satisfactory proof to the Judge here, that all the said persons of color are entitled to their freedom and are free and cannot be held in slavery or involuntary servitude, it is therefore argued that they are entitled to their freedom and are free forever."  He hoped they would “become settled and go to work for themselves—in peace and without fear.”   Okay, now we're getting to the part of Biddy Mason's story that the listicle writer used to include her in a gallery of inventrixes.  Mason and her family moved to Los Angeles, then a dusty little town of only 2,000 or so residents, less than 20 of whom were black, where she worked as midwife and nurse.  As the town grew, so did her business.  Basically, if you were having a baby, Biddy Mason was delivering it.  Well, her friend Dr. Griffin probably helped, but we're hear to talk about Biddy.  After tending to hundreds of births and illnesses, she was known about town as Aunt Biddy.  As a midwife, Mason was able to cross class and color lines and she viewed everyone as part of her extended family.  In her big black medicine bag, she carried the tools of her trade, and the papers Judge Hayes had given her affirming that she was free, just in case.    By 1866, she had saved enough money to buy a property on Spring Street.  Her daughter Ellen remembered that her mother firmly told her family that “the first homestead must never be sold.”  She wanted her family to always have a home to call their own.  My family is the same way – if you can own land, even if it's an empty lot, do.  Mason's small wood frame house at 311 Spring Street was not just a family home, it became a “refuge for stranded and needy settlers,” a daycare center for working women, and a civic meeting place.  In 1872, a group of black Angelenos founded the First African Methodist Episcopal Church at her house and they met there until they were able to move to their own building.     She also continued to invest in real estate, while always making sure to give back. According to the Los Angeles Times: “She was a frequent visitor to the jail, speaking a word of cheer and leaving some token and a prayerful hope with every prisoner. In the slums of the city, she was known as “Grandma Mason,” and did much active service toward uplifting the worst element in Los Angeles. She paid taxes and all expenses on church property to hold it for her people. During the flood of the early eighties, she gave an open order to a little grocery store, which was located on Fourth and Spring Streets. By the terms of this order, all families made homeless by the flood were to be supplied with groceries, while Biddy Mason cheerfully paid the bill.”   Eventually she was able to buy 10 acres, on which she built rental homes and eventually a larger commercial building she rented out.  That land she invested in and developed is now the heart of downtown L.A. three substantial plots near what is now Grand Central Market as well as land on San Pedro Street in Little Tokyo.  Mason was a shrewd businesswoman too.  Los Angeles was booming, and rural Spring Street was becoming crowded with shops and boarding houses. In 1884, she sold the north half of her Spring Street property for $1,500 and had a mixed-use building built on the other half.  She sold a lot she had purchased on Olive Street for $2,800, turning a tidy profit considering she'd bought it for less than $400.  In 1885, she deeded a portion of her remaining Spring Street property to her grandsons “for the sum of love and affection and ten dollars.”  She signed the deed with her customary flourished “X.” Though she was a successful real estate pioneer and nurse, who stressed the importance of education for her children and grandchildren, and taught herself Spanish, she had never learned to read or write.   Bridget “Biddy” Mason died 1891, one of the wealthiest women in Los Angeles.  For reasons never fully explained, she was buried in an unmarked grave at Evergreen Cemetery.  While you can't visit her grave, you can visit the mini-park created in her honor.  Designed by landscape architects Katherine Spitz and Pamela Burton, an 80-foot-long poured concrete wall, created by artist Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, displays a timeline of Biddy's life, illustrated with images like wagon wheels and a midwife's bag, as well as images such as an early survey map of Los Angeles and Biddy's freedom papers, from the northernmost end of the wall with the text “Biddy Mason born a slave,” all the way down to “Los Angeles mourns and reveres Grandma Mason.”  If you're ever down near the Bradbury Building on Spring street, get some pictures for me.   Sources: https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/mason-bridget-biddy-1818-1891/ https://la.curbed.com/2017/3/1/14756308/biddy-mason-california-black-history https://www.laconservancy.org/locations/biddy-mason-memorial-park https://alliesforracialjustice.org/shark-tank-in-the-1800s-black-women-reigned-in-household-inventions/ https://interestingengineering.com/black-inventors-the-complete-list-of-genius-black-american-african-american-inventors-scientists-and-engineers-with-their-revolutionary-inventions-that-changed-the-world-and-impacted-history-part-two https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2021/02/08/revolutionizing-cooking-mary-jones-de-leon/id=129701/ https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/lyda-newman https://interestingengineering.com/black-inventors-the-complete-list-of-genius-black-american-african-american-inventors-scientists-and-engineers-with-their-revolutionary-inventions-that-changed-the-world-and-impacted-history-part-two https://laist.com/news/la-history/biddy-mason-free-forever-the-contentious-hearing-that-made-her-a-legend-los-angeles-black-history  

In this episode, Matt chats to the incredible A'Lelia Bundles author of 'Self Made' a mini-series now available on Netflix starring Octavia Spencer. The daughter of formerly enslaved parents, Sarah Breedlove—who would become known as Madam C. J. Walker—was orphaned at seven, married at fourteen, and widowed at twenty. She spent the better part of the next two decades laboring as a washerwoman for $1.50 a week. Then—with the discovery of a revolutionary hair care formula for black women—everything changed. By her death in 1919, Walker managed to overcome astonishing odds: building a storied beauty empire from the ground up, amassing wealth unprecedented among black women, and devoting her life to philanthropy and social activism.Tune in as A'Lelia gives her thoughts on Hollywood, the power of a story, and behind-the-scenes insights into the making of Self Made.

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Part 2 - Madam C.J. Walker (born Sarah Breedlove; December 23, 1867 – May 25, 1919) was an African American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist. She is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America.  (Multiple sources mention that although other women might have been the first, their wealth is not as well-documented)Visit us online at itshometownhistory.comSupport our show and listen to episodes early and ad free by becoming a Patron at Patreon.com/itshometownhistoryEpisode Sponsors:Find the right candidate for your job! Get a $75 credit at Indeed.com/hometown

Part 1 - Madam C.J. Walker (born Sarah Breedlove; December 23, 1867 – May 25, 1919) was an African American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist. She is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America.  (Multiple sources mention that although other women might have been the first, their wealth is not as well-documented)Visit us online at itshometownhistory.comSupport our show and listen to episodes early and ad free by becoming a Patron at Patreon.com/itshometownhistoryEpisode Sponsors:Find the right candidate for your job! Get a $75 credit at Indeed.com/hometownGrab your Liquid I.V. in bulk nationwide at Costco or you can get 25% off when you go to LiquidIV.com and use code HOMETOWN at checkout

Au départ, rien ne prédestinait la petite Sarah Breedlove à la vie extraordinaire qui l'attendait. Mais ses ambitions sont grandes. Dès sa plus tendre enfance, ses envies d'épanouissement personnelle et d'ascension sociale sont déjà fortement présentes. Cadette d'une famille d'esclaves, elle parvient alors à force de volonté et d'ingéniosité à monter un véritable empire de la cosmétique, sous le nom de Madam C.J Walker. Pour découvrir en vidéo son histoire, une série est disponible actuellement sur Netflix. Bibliographie : - A'Leila Bundle, On her own ground : the life and times of madam C. J. Walker. 2001 - Penny Coleman, Madam C. J. Walker: Building a business empire. - TIFFANY M. GILL, Civic Beauty: Beauty Culturists and the Politics of African American Female Entrepreneurship, 1900—1965. Enterprise & Society , DECEMBER 2004, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 583- 593 - Caroline Rolland-Diamond, « New Negro (1915-1929) », Black America. Une histoire des luttes pour l'égalité et la justice (XIXe-XXIe siècle), La Découverte, 2016, pp. 73-133. - Stephanie Helen Weiss, “RACE WONDER WOMAN”: MADAM C. J. WALKER AND THE UPLIFT OF THE RACE, 1867-1919, University of Houston 2013

Con la partecipazione di Elena Accorsi Buttini che presta la voce alla protagonista dell'episodio, scopriremo la vita di Sarah Breedlove o Madam C.J. Walker. Una donna forte, intraprendente e sicuramente ambiziosa. Sarà questa ambizione, la voglia di arrivare e soprattutto di cambiare la sua vita che la porterà a sfidare tutte le convenzioni sociali possibili. Nasce da una famiglia di schiavi ma lei ha un altro destino, che comincia proprio con la sua nascita da donna libera: l'Emancipation Proclamation, il documento firmato da Abraham Lincoln che mette fine alla schiavitù nel 1863. Sembra essere un segno che non può passare inosservato nella vita di questa incredibile donna che anche se può sembrare dimenticata, ha lasciato invece un enorme segno nella storia della comunità nera prima e in quella delle donne poi. SITOGRAFIA: https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/madam-c-j-walker-quotes https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madam_C._J._Walker https://madamwalkerlegacycenter.com/ https://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/serie/2020/03/22/news/la_forza_dei_capelli_madam_c_j_walker_e_le_altre-251792981/ https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/madame-c-j-walker https://www.frammentirivista.it/madame-c-j-walker-limprenditrice-nera-dei-prodotti-per-capelli/ https://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/100-amazing-facts/madam-walker-the-first-black-american-woman-to-be-a-self-made-millionaire/ https://smartmoney.startupitalia.eu/economy/economy-economiadigitale/60080-20170129-self-made-woman-madam-c-j-walker-storia

die Businessfrau an der Spitze eines Haarpflegeimperiums, 1867-1919, USA

Today I speak with A'Lelia Bundles about her book On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam CJ Walker In 1867, Sarah Breedlove was the first in her family to be born into freedom after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation had abolished slavery four years earlier. It is doubtful that any of her family could have guessed the remarkable course her life would take. Sarah came of age working as a domestic servant and a washerwoman. But she had far grander dreams and was determined her young daughter would receive a formal education. So she became an entrepreneur and developed her own haircare product. Ultimately, she became Madam C.J. Walker, owner of a successful company that employed thousands of women, a philanthropist, a social activist, and the first woman to become a millionaire.    Today, I am joined by Madam C.J. Walker's biographer and great-great-granddaughter, A'Lelia Bundles to discuss her book, "On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker." Before becoming a historian, A'Lelia had a 30-year career in journalism as an Emmy Award-winning producer for ABC News and NBC News. "On her Own Ground" has received numerous awards since its publication in 2001 and was adapted into the 4-part fictionalized miniseries by Netflix in 2020 titled "Self-Made" starring Octavia Spencer. Today, A'Lelia and I discuss what made her great-great-grandmother such a successful businesswoman, how she engaged with her contemporaries in the emerging civil rights movement like Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, and Ida B. Wells, and how her legacy is remembered today. For more information about A'Lelia Bundles' research visit: www.aleliabundles.com and www.madamcjwalker.com Want to listen to new episodes a week earlier and get exclusive bonus content? Consider becoming a supporter of the podcast on Patreon! Like the podcast? Please subscribe and leave a review! Follow @CMTUHistory on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & TikTok --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Sarah Breedlove's job prospects were slim, so she started her own business—and in 1919, the daughter of two formerly enslaved people became a self-made millionaire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pricing and cost are always sticking points when it comes to CX. But what if there was a better way? How can CX leaders build a win-win experience? To get an answer, we looked at the experience of Madam CJ Walker and spoke to Tonio DeSorrento, CEO of Vemo. Tonio is doing something unheard of in student loan financing. He's building with students in mind.  Experience: Designing experiences for overlooked communities Inspiration: Sarah Breedlove aka Madam C. J. WalkerModern Day Execution: Tonio DeSorrento, CEO of Vemo3 TakeawaysDon't ignore the idea that won't go away. When you feel in your gut you have an opportunity to make an impact by doing something differently, whether that's founding a new business, or serving a new community — lean into that.Aligned incentives are the key to building and maintaining quality customer experience. When businesses view their customers as a means to an end, they overlook opportunities to make them successful.Stay close to your customers. The best way to know if your business is truly designed for your end-user is to ask them yourself. Instead of relying on high-level theories when you're designing, turn to tangible customer experience.Key Quotes"It's a partnership concept rather than a loan concept. A school partners with a student and they share in their success.""First, pick the right customer, Second, meet the customer's needs. You have to love that customer and build an experience around them.""Don't be afraid to be very high touch. Use great people in your company to understand your customers and their pain points intimately, and then build or automate off of those learnings."LinksTonio's LinkedInTonio's TwitterVemo__This podcast is presented by Oracle CX. Oracle CX helps you build lasting customer relationships, by making every interaction matter. From acquisition to loyalty, and everything in between.Build, protect, and differentiate your brand with Oracle. Learn more at oracle.com/cx.

Before COVID-19 put all-time high numbers on the scoreboard, there was a worse pandemic; The Spanish Flu. In this Episode, Lady Kay gives conventional wisdom about how history repeats itself, how the government SHOULD NOT be your nursemaid, and there is an opportunity during this outbreak. She also mentions the story of an American Entrepreneur and Philanthropist named Sarah Breedlove, a.k.a. Madam C.J. Walker. Tune In Now!!

En este episodio les damos a conocer la biografía de Sarah Breedlove o mas conocida como Madam C.J Walker. El emprendimiento de su vida en cuidado de cabello y cómo siendo una mujer negra en aquella época trascendió fronteras para alcanzar su objetivo de internacionalizar su marca de cuidado capilar. Acompáñanos a escuchar este podcast, recuerda que nos puedes seguir en todas nuestras redes sociales. Más de ALTAVOZ LOCAL en: Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/altavozlocal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/altavozlocal/ Sigue a Saúl Gallardo Yépez en: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saul97gallardo/ Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/saul97gallardo ¡Disfruta de este podcast!

Voiceover Actor and Author Rodney Saulsberry narrates this bio feature on Sarah Breedlove–who later would come to be known as Madam C. J. Walker. This child of sharecroppers transformed herself from an uneducated farm laborer and laundress into one of the twentieth century’s most successful, self-made women entrepreneurs.

Znáte příběh první americké tzv. self made milionářky? Její jméno bylo Sarah Breedlove a je to už více jak 100 let, co si tato černošská dáma vyšlapala svou cestu k úspěchu a postavila honosné sídlo v Irvingtonu, nedaleko New Yourku, hned vedle slavného Rockefellera. Sarah Breedlove ale neměla žádné předpoklady pro tak mimořádný úspěch. Od sedmi let byla sirotkem a její rodiče dřeli jako otroci na plantáži. Neměla žádné vzdělání, neoplývala půvabem či snad krásou. Měla jen neutuchající touhu uspět, změnit život sobě a dalším ženám, které byly odosuzeny ke stejně mizernému životu jako právě ona. Jméno Sarah Breedlove se zapsalo hluboce do moderní historie, možná ale že ji znáte více pod jménem Madam C. J. Walker, jak si nechávala tato dáma říkat.

Narra la historia de Sarah Breedlove, una lavandera afroamericana, conocida como Madam C. J. Walker, quien supo forjar un negocio de productos para el cabello, en medio de las trabas de una sociedad en adaptación tras la reciente abolición de la esclavitud.

Born to freed slaves in 1867, Sarah Breedlove used her creativity, determination and brilliant mind for business to transform herself into the mogul, Madam C.J. Walker. Traveling the country with her hair products, Madam Walker employed legions of saleswomen to both grow her business and to give thousands of black women the skills and confidence to create generational wealth and follow in her footsteps. Following Madam Walker’s empowering story we reflect on her legacy with The Lip Bar CEO and founder Melissa Butler who cites Madam C.J. Walker as part of her inspiration in founding a makeup line that would suit people of all skin tones. Main Sources On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker - by A'Lelia Perry Bundles (Now a Netflix series starring Octavia Spencer, the book has been retitled ‘Self Made’) A New York Times article titled ‘Wealthiest Negro Woman’s Suburban Mansion’ published in November of 1917 An Associated Press article on Madam C.J. Walker published in the spring of 1919 Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

SARAH BREEDLOVE era mujer, pobre, negra y con una niña a quien alimentar. Con los consejos de sus hermanos comenzó elaborando productos para el cuidado del cabello de las afroamericanas y en cosa de años su humilde negoció se convirtió en un emporio y en fuente de fortaleza para otras mujeres. Para proteger esta cápsula de las inclemencias del clima, le dimos brillo y masaje cuidadoso con la música de: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njFgl_dGz54&list=PLTAgmn8eYk1zW9H9wPSTjZqpGJPl3xqWC Midnight in Paris, soundtrack de la película. Pista 07 La Conga. Diseño de audio y voz: IVÁN MONTES. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nora-reyes-costilla/message

In this episode, Matt chats to the incredible A'Lelia Bundles author of 'Self Made' a mini-series now available on Netflix starring Octavia Spencer. The daughter of formerly enslaved parents, Sarah Breedlove—who would become known as Madam C. J. Walker—was orphaned at seven, married at fourteen, and widowed at twenty. She spent the better part of the next two decades laboring as a washerwoman for $1.50 a week. Then—with the discovery of a revolutionary hair care formula for black women—everything changed. By her death in 1919, Walker managed to overcome astonishing odds: building a storied beauty empire from the ground up, amassing wealth unprecedented among black women, and devoting her life to philanthropy and social activism. Tune in as A'Lelia gives her thoughts on Hollywood, the power of a story and behind the scenes insights into the making of 'Self Made'.

On the second episode of DopeWomxn, Nadine and Kate dive into the stories of Sarah Breedlove (aka Madam CJ Walker) and Louise Aslanian*, two kick ass and take names kind of womxn. *Research guided by Anahit of Erebuni Wordpress (Instagram @anahitoferebuni) RECORDED on February 7th, 2020 Follow us on social media Facebook/Instagram/Twitter Music by Genevieve Eckel Mixed by Adam R. Macias Art by Nicole Kurtz

If you watched the first episode of Netflix’s new series Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker, you're probably questioning the “inspired” in the title. It’s pretty apparent the miniseries isn't your standard biopic, but that doesn't make the real-life Madam Walker any less bold or audacious. Adapted from On Her Own Ground, a biography by Walker's great-great-granddaughter A’Lelia Bundles, Self Made tells the rags-to-riches tale of Sarah Breedlove, a former washerwoman who became a beauty tycoon after creating a line of hair products for black women. There are two facts you need to know about Walker: She was real, and she was a powerhouse. A century later, you can still see her influence on the beauty industry, and Sephora even released a series of Madam Walker-inspired products.

If you watched the first episode of Netflix’s new series Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker, you're probably questioning the “inspired” in the title. It’s pretty apparent the miniseries isn't your standard biopic, but that doesn't make the real-life Madam Walker any less bold or audacious. Adapted from On Her Own Ground, a biography by Walker's great-great-granddaughter A’Lelia Bundles, Self Made tells the rags-to-riches tale of Sarah Breedlove, a former washerwoman who became a beauty tycoon after creating a line of hair products for black women. There are two facts you need to know about Walker: She was real, and she was a powerhouse. A century later, you can still see her influence on the beauty industry, and Sephora even released a series of Madam Walker-inspired products.

Host Paul Booth interviews Kira Kelly. Director of photography Kira Kelly's work on Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam CJ Walker is making its way to Netflix Mar. 20.   Directed by Kasi Lemmons and DeMane Davis, and starring Octavia Spencer, the four-part limited series features Spencer as Sarah Breedlove, known as Madam C.J. Walker, the black hair care pioneer and mogul who overcame hostile turn-of-the-century America to become America's first black, female self-made millionaire.

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This week is full of highs and lows and a super specific porno script pitch! First, Emily shares the harrowing story of The Leesburg Stockade Girls, a group of 15 adolescent black girls who were arrested for protesting segregation and held prisoner in horrific conditions (without telling anyone.) Then, Kelley tells the uplifting, almost Disney-esque story of Sarah Breedlove, more commonly known as Madam C.J. Walker who went from rags to riches and elevated hair care for women to an art form! Grab your saran wrap and gargle into the mic because we're wining about herstory! ** Mornings with u by Barradeen | https://soundcloud.com/barradeenMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unportedhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/winingaboutherstory/overview)

 Madam C.J. Walker was born Sarah Breedlove on December 23, 1867, near Delta, Louisiana. After suffering from a scalp ailment that resulted in her own hair loss, she invented a line of African-American hair care products in 1905.  Also dont forget to grab my new product bundle I just released!  This bundle includes 8 ounces organic moisturizing shampoo and conditioner 8 ounce Leave-in Lemon Coconut milk Moisturizer 2 ounce growth stimulating oil  Free Copy of the Natural Hair care Journal Log    click link to purchase :  https://www.queenquaymo.com/product-page/bundle-pack   --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/black-haircare-matters/support

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One of the pioneers of the hair care industry is an African-American woman named Sarah Breedlove. After becoming a widow at the age of 20, the pressures in her day-to-day life as a single mother led to a bad bout of hair loss in her 30s.

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EPISODE 249 In 1867, Sarah Breedlove was born to parents who had once been enslaved on a Louisiana plantation. Less than fifty years later, Breedlove (as the hair care mogul Madam C.J. Walker) would be the richest African-American woman in the United States, a successful business owner and one of black America's great philanthropists. At her side was daughter Lelia (later A'lelia) Walker, guiding her mother's company to great success despite extraordinary obstacles. The Walkers moved to Harlem in the mid 1910s during the neighborhood's transformation from a white immigrant outpost to a thriving mecca for African-American culture. The ground floor of their spacious West 136th Street home was a hair salon for black women, opened during a contentious period when irate white property owners attempted to stem the tide of black settlement in Harlem. The Walkers were at the heart of significant strides on African-American life. Madam used her wealth to support organizations like the NAACP push back against violence and racism. A'lelia, meanwhile, used her influence to corral the great talents of the Harlem Renaissance. The two of them would positively influence the history of Harlem and black America forever. FEATURING: The words of Langston Hughes, describing one of the most fabulous parties of the Jazz Age!   boweryboyshistory.com Support the show.

FroButter is making America and Textured Hair Great [caption id="attachment_998" align="alignleft" width="300"] FroButter Products for textured Hair[/caption] What Makes America great? Small and family owned businesses are the critical components making America the greatest country in the world. The spirit of America is the birthplace of ideas and innovation from the largest corporation to the smallest. Great things being in small places. FroButter is one such case of finding a need and creating a solution resulting in a business. Susana Steward and Caroline Maina started FroButter to supply the public with hair care products for textured hair. Frobutter Owners Susana and Caroline both to America from two separate countries. As immigrants in America there is a certain drive they both have instilled in their transplanted DNA. Atlanta Georgia is the base of their operation. Being in Atlanta provided an experience and pool of community both ladies could gather energy. When someone hears the term FroButter, many people will thing of the Afro’s of the 1970's and the resurgence of the staple African American hair style. Maintenance of black hair is not an easy endeavor. It literally requires focused attention. Mintel market research: "The Black haircare market is experiencing soft sales similar to mainstream haircare. Estimated 2016 expenditures by Black consumers on haircare products are about $2.5 billion as Black consumers flock to brands that cater to their specific haircare needs. The need for specific hair care products for people of colors goes back to the turn of the 20th century with Madam C.J Walker aka Sarah Breedlove became the first female self-made American millionaire. Susana and Caroline are on the right path. Our society changes, sometimes as humans we forget more than we know. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8sA3t_r1dQ]   Susana and Caroline met while working in a retail business both women because friends as they are both from different countries. Susana was born in Jamaica and Caroline is from Kenya. Comradery developed to become a lifetime partnership as sisters and business partners. Frobutter are Shea Butter based products made for anyone with skin. The FroButter brand is not just for people with textured hair, but for everyone as the FroButter executives explained. Their goal is to be in every bathroom in America. I inquired about the market segments currently in America particular the Biracial children and the emerging men’s market. The products offered for men are focused on beards and de-tangling products for children. Going to the Market The initial market placement was done locally with the Mom and Pop salons in and around Atlanta. An important aspect of business is understanding the market for which you serve. The FroButter team gathered market research from local businesses which they were interacting. Some very helpful came from online while analyzing those who were in the market and came before. [caption id="attachment_999" align="alignleft" width="286"] Susana and Caroline Creators of FroButter[/caption] Stay in your Lane. The first rule to succeed as business partners is to recognize and respecting the strengths each  member brings to the table. Listed are a few takeaways from the conversation during the podcast inverview : Stay in your land and work YOUR strength. Respect the ability of your partner. Research your market constantly. Watch your market. Understand your niche.     Contact Susanna and Caroline to obtain more information about FroButter: Email: Frobutter@gmail.com http://www.frobutter.com/ https://www.instagram.com/frobutter/ https://twitter.com/FroButter https://www.facebook.com/B.H.I.T.N/ Textured Hair Maintenance If you have textured, nappy, thick, tangled hair, visit Frobutter.com   Remember it’s your life, you’re the drive. Now go live The Billionaire Lifestyle.   Facebook – The Billionaire LifeStyle   iTunes  – The Billionaire LifeStyle     Stitcher: – The Billionaire LifeStyle

Madam C.J. Walker was suffering from poverty and hair loss when she decided to concoct a hair regrowth lotion to heal her damaged scalp. Fast forward a handful of years and millions of dollars later,... The latest in science, culture, and history from Smithsonian Channel.

Often, when people discuss America's first black female millionaire, they're talking about a women named Sarah Breedlove Walker, also known as Madame C.J. Walker. But someone else, another Sarah in fact, may have beaten her. A black girl named Sarah Rector became a millionaire in 1911 or 1912, when she was only 10 years old. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Tonight we will be honoring our first self made millionaire woman, Madam C. J. Walker, African American Woman.Delores Burgess who is an expert speaker, singer, and author. and a two time breast cancer survivor and one of few wellness speakers who understands and communicates breast cancer and health and wellness issues specific to the needs of all audiences and helps educate, inform and unify entire work forces in understanding cultural differences and support needs of working women. will be answering questions as to the principles, as she Delores has studied this great woman and is using many of her principals Mrs. C.J. Walker used to make her millions. Everyone today, can benefit from using these same principals. Madam C.J. Walker became known as the wealthiest African-American woman of her time and, to her credit, she used her prominent position to fight against racial discrimination and her substantial fortune to support civic, educational, and social agencies to aid her fellow African-Americans. Some of the questions we will be answering are:Give the background of Sarah Breedlove's earlier childhood.How did she niche herself?What inspired her to develop products?How did she market her products?What were her values in her business?Why do you think she was known as Mrs. C.J Walker rather than Sarah Walker?As an overview, what were the principles she used?What advice do you think she would have given young women today in starting and developing a business?She is such an inspiration to all women. What is her legacy and how is she honored today?We feel that people can learn great business acumen from our self made millionaires and weare honoring women who have done it.

Tonight we will be honoring our first self made millionaire woman, Madam C. J. Walker, African American Woman.Delores Burgess who is an expert speaker, singer, and author. and a two time breast cancer survivor and one of few wellness speakers who understands and communicates breast cancer and health and wellness issues specific to the needs of all audiences and helps educate, inform and unify entire work forces in understanding cultural differences and support needs of working women. will be answering questions as to the principles, as she Delores has studied this great woman and is using many of her principals Mrs. C.J. Walker used to make her millions. Everyone today, can benefit from using these same principals. Madam C.J. Walker became known as the wealthiest African-American woman of her time and, to her credit, she used her prominent position to fight against racial discrimination and her substantial fortune to support civic, educational, and social agencies to aid her fellow African-Americans. Some of the questions we will be answering are:Give the background of Sarah Breedlove's earlier childhood.How did she niche herself?What inspired her to develop products?How did she market her products?What were her values in her business?Why do you think she was known as Mrs. C.J Walker rather than Sarah Walker?As an overview, what were the principles she used?What advice do you think she would have given young women today in starting and developing a business?She is such an inspiration to all women. What is her legacy and how is she honored today?We feel that people can learn great business acumen from our self made millionaires and weare honoring women who have done it.