Madame C.J. Walker was the first Black woman self-made millionaire.   
 Madame C.J. Walker was born December 23, 1867 in poverty stricken rural Louisiana. Walker was a black girl.  Her mom and dad were slaves. She got married at fourteen years old. 
     She married Charles Walker. They had a daughter. 
     Madame C.J. Walker invented “Madame Walker’s Wonderful Hair Grower.”  She had lost some of her hair and got an idea for a new hair care product. She used some home made remedies and products that had been made by another Black woman named Annie Malone.
 Madame Walker made a fortune in fifteen years.  She started the Walker System, which sold cosmetics.  She had schools called Walker schools.
          Walker died at 52 years old in 1919.