On her own ground : the life and times of Madam C.J. Walker / A'Lelia Bundles.
Bundles, A'Lelia Perry, author.
2002
HD9970.5.C672 W3533 2002b (Mapit)
On loan from General Collection, due 09. Nov 2023

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Title
On her own ground : the life and times of Madam C.J. Walker / A'Lelia Bundles.
Author
Bundles, A'Lelia Perry, author.
Edition
Scribner trade paperback edition.
ISBN
9780743431729 (paperback)
0743431723 (paperback)
Published
New York : Scribner, 2002.
Copyright
©2001
Language
English
Description
415 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Call Number
HD9970.5.C672 W3533 2002b
Dewey Decimal Classification
338.7/66855092
Summary
Bundles, a journalist and great-great-granddaughter of Madam C.J. Walker, offers a lively portrait of an American businesswoman. Walker, the first freeborn child of slaves, rose from poverty to establish a successful hair-care business, became one of the wealthiest women in the U.S., and devoted herself to a life of activism and philanthropy toward race and women's issues. photo insert.
Note
"Basis for the Netflix Limited Series, Self Made."--Cover.
Originally published: New York : Scribner, ©2001.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographic references and index.
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Prologue
Freedom baby
Motherless child
Wife, mother, widow
St. Louis woman
Answered prayers
World's fair
Westward
On the road
Bold moves
"The salvation of your boys and girls"
"I promoted myself ..."
Breaking ties, making ties
Sweet satisfaction
New horizons
Black metropolis
Southern tour
"We should protest"
War abroad, war at home
Her dream of dreams
Global visions
"I want to live to help my race"
A'Lelia Walker: an afterword
Epilogue
Endnotes
Selected bibliography
Permissions
Acknowledgments
Index.

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