Today we celebrate the first self-made female millionaire, Madam C.J. Walker. Suffering from hair loss triggered by her difficult living conditions, Walker invented a scalp healing lotion. That lotion started what would become a multi-million dollar cosmetics business. #BecauseOfHerStory Learn more about Madam C.J. Walker's hair care business here, from NMAAHC Smithsonian National Museum For African American History And Culture: https://s.si.edu/2IDDHjo | Smithsonian Channel

9.3K views · 477 reactions | Madam CJ Walker was the first American woman to be a self-made millionaire. Follow her rise to the highest entrepreneurial heights with her skin and hair care products in “Two Dollars and a Dream,” a Stanley Nelson documentary from WORLD Channel: to.pbs.org/36zpkWR #BlackHistoryPBS #BlackHistoryMonth | PBS | Facebook

Madam C.J. Walker (1867–1919) was America’s first self-made female millionaire, who built a haircare empire for Black women after creating remedies for scalp ailments she experienced herself. Born Sarah Breedlove to formerly enslaved parents, she empowered thousands of Black women as sales agents while funding scholarships and anti-lynching activism. 📚📕✊🏽 📙 Visit our Black History Book Store - https://rebrand.ly/FBBookShop #blackexcellist #blackexcellence #blackhistory | Black ExcelList