Part one of term paper
Sarah Breedlove was born on December 23, 1867, on a plantation in Delta, Louisiana; she was the daughter of former slaves. Both parents died in 1874 of a yellow fever outbreak. Married in 1882 at age 14 and widowed in 1888, Sarah moved to St. Louis with her daughter, Lelia. By 1905, Sarah and Lelia were living in Denver where Sarah invented, ...

Part two of term paper
... skills and products that allowed thousands of black women to find independence and self-esteem. In 1906, she married Charles Joseph Walker and changed her name to Madam C.J. Walker. In 1908, the Walkers moved to Pittsburgh where Sarah founded Lelia College, a school of cosmetology (now defunct). She traveled extensively to the Caribbean and Central America and moved to Harlem in 1916 after divorcing C.J. Walker. In 1917, she organized the first Madam C.J. Walker Hair Culturists Union in Ame ...