Sarah Breedlove's Road To Success

Sarah Breedlove had humble beginnings. In fact, looking at her early life, she would apper to have an unpromising future. She was tbe African American daughter of former slaves who both die when she was a child. She married at age 14, had a child at age 18, and became a widow at age 20. She moved to St. Louis, Missouri anf found work doing laundry for white families. Sarah was not to be a servant for long. She had to much determination and resolve.

What propelled Sarah toward her road to success were what you might call a disastrous hair day! She developed a scalp problem and lost patches of hiar, which made her feel embarassed. She began mixing and experimenting with hair products to find a cure. In the process, she discovered the source of hers future success.
She took his initial's and began producing "Madame C, J. Walker's Wonderful Hair Grower." Soon she had a line of hair products. Madame Walker was the picture of hard work. and before long her business is thriving.

Madame Walker builded her company with high standards, demanding honesty, quality, and effort from everyone involved. Eventually, she had more than 3,000 employees, many of them womem? Within 15 years, Madame C.J. Walker had become a millionere- the first black woman to attain that