Madam CJ Walker, who was credited as the first African-American self-made woman millionaire, created for the hair care empire after years spent as a laundress in St. Louis, Missouri. Decades before the Civil Rights Movement, her company gave employment of thousands of African-American women and their products are sold throughout the world. Madame Walker has been actively involved in social and political causes of her day, and to use its position as a successful entrepreneur and self-help charity promotion in the African-American community. "Hide
by Anne E. Dwojeski, William Grundy, Eric Helms, Katherine Miller, Nancy F. Koehn Source: Harvard Business School 50 pages. Publication Date: March 26, 2007. Prod. #: 807145-PDF-ENG
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