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On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker

The daughter of slaves, 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 washwoman 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 a wealth unprecedented among black women, and devoting her life to philanthropy and social activism. Along the way, she formed friendships with such early twentieth-century figures as W. E. B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington. On Her Own Ground is the first truly comprehensive biography of one of recent history's most amazing entrepreneurs and philanthropists. Drawn from more than two decades of exhaustive research by A'Lelia Bundles, Walker's great-great-granddaughter, the book is enriched by the author's exclusive access to personal letters, records, and never-before-seen photographs from the family collection. Bundles reveals surprising insights into Walker's rise to the top of international business, dispels many misconceptions, and showcases Walker's complex relationship with her daughter, a celebrated hostess of the Harlem Renaissance, and renowned friend and patron to both Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston.

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Title of ebook: On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker
ISBN: 9780743215701
parent-ISBN: 9780684825823
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 07-2009
Released online for download: 07-24-2009
Author of eBook: Bundles, Alelia

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Contents

Biological Ancestors of Fairy Mae Bryant Descendants of Owen Breedlove, Sr. Prologue 1. Freedom Baby 2. Motherless Child 3. Wife, Mother, Widow 4. St. Louis Woman 5. Answered Prayers 6. World's Fair 7. Westward 8. On the Road 9. Bold Moves 10. "The Salvation of Your Boys and Girls" 11. "I Promoted Myself..." 12. Breaking Ties, Making Ties 13. Sweet Satisfaction 14. New Horizons 15. Black Metropolis 16. Southern Tour 17. "We Should Protest" 18. War Abroad, War at Home 19. Her Dream of Dreams 20. Global Visions 21. "I Want to Live to Help My Race" A'Lelia Walker: An Afterword Epilogue Endnotes Selected Bibliography Permissions Acknowledgments Index

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Madam C. J. Walker's story has always deserved an expansive loom on which to weave the threads of her legendary life with the broad themes and major events of American history. As my great-great-grandmother's biographer — and as a journalist who loves a well-told story — I consider it to be my good fortune both that she was born in 1867 on the plantation where General Ulysses S. Grant staged the 1863 Siege of Vicks ... read full excerpt from: On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker ebook

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