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Madam C.J. Walker
Due to her success as the first American woman to be self-made millionaire, Madam C.J.
Walker was a frat influence to the community to reflect that there’s still room for success
regardless in any type of race or economic situation. She did not have much money from the start
and ended up investing in a business that lead her to millions. She gave back to the community
by supporting charities, schools, and churches. She lived during the Progressive Era and a time
of many new inventions. Her hard work brought an example for the public and especially for the
minority population.
Sarah Breedlove McWilliams Walker was from Louisiana born on December 23, 1867.
She lived a short life to the age of fifty-one. She died on May 25, 1919. Walker was the daughter
of former slaves and became an orphan at the age of seven. “Walker and her older sister survived
by working in the cotton fields of Delta and Vicksburg, Mississippi” ( Bellis, Mary) as former
slaves. She got married at a very young age of fourteen. Madam Cj. Walker only had one child.In
1905, Sarah became a sales agent for Malone and moved to Denver, where she married Charles
Joseph Walker. After her husband’s death two years later, she traveled to St. Louis to join her four
brothers who had established themselves as barbers.
Madam C.J. Walker developed the Walker Theatre in Indianapolis, Indiana. Her
daughter A’lelias Walker finished it because Walker had died. The center was mainly for
entertainment. “During the mid-50s, the building and its surrounding neighborhood began a
gradual decline” (History of The Madame Walker Theatre – Indianapolis, Indiana). There was a
period of time that the theatre got abandon, but now it’s preserved and valued in history. Now it’s
running thanks to renovations and donations that supported the history behind it.
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She made a lot of income with her business and beauty schools being established
everywhere. She had generosity and gave back to many societies she supported and believed in.
Her example of becoming a successful during her period of time drew attention to her because
she was “…getting invitations from many of the ministers of the surround” (Indiana Historical
Society, M0399). The ministries wanted her to give speech about her long way in attaining a goal
and fully accomplishing it.
Madam C.J. Walker lived during the Reconstruction and Progressive Era. People during
this era weren’t neither democrats or republicans. They mainly wanted a reform. They believed
the government should be more accountable for its citizens. People wanted the government to
really focus on its citizens and declare amendments that would affect them. During this era, the
nineteenth amendment was made about Women’s Suffrage. This permitted woman to have an
