Self Made

Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker

Self Made
A'Lelia Bundles
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Paperback
h234 x 155mm - 416pg
24 Mar 2020
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9781982126674
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Soon to be a Netflix series starring Octavia Spencer, Self Made is the first full-scale biography of "one of the great success stories of American history" (The Philadelphia Inquirer), Madam C. J. Walker--the legendary African American entrepreneur and philanthropist--by her great-great-granddaughter, A' Lelia Bundles. The daughter of formerly enslaved parents, Sarah Breedlove--who would become known as 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 washerwoman 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 wealth unprecedented among black women, and devoting her life to philanthropy and social activism. Along the way, she formed friendships with great early-twentieth-century political figures such as Ida B. Wells, Mary McLeod Bethune, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Booker T. Washington.
"A fascinating book about a fascinating woman. " --USA Today "The life of Madam C. J. Walker is one of the great success stories of American history. . . . [This is] the first full-blown biography of an amazing woman. " --The Philadelphia Inquirer "Well-paced and well-written . . . as much social history as biography, filled with the detail and texture of culture and politics. " --The New York Times
A' Lelia Bundles, an award-winning network television news producer and former ABC News Washington deputy bureau chief, is director of talent development for ABC News. She is the author of numerous essays, articles, and encyclopedia entries about her great-great-grandmother, Madam C. J. Walker, and a young-adult biography, Madam C. J. Walker: Entrepreneur, which won an American Book Award. She lives in Alexandria, Virginia. Visit her Web site at www. madamcjwalker. com.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781982126674
Published: 24 Mar 2020
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Imprint: Scribner Book Company
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Format: Paperback
Height: 234mm
Width: 155mm
Spine: 30mm
Weight: 431g
Pages: 416

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