Who Is Madam C. J. Walker's Ownership?

Ownership, which is the act, state or right of possessing something. Throughout history, there has been dozens of African American inventors displaying their ownership. Anyone from Benjamin Banneker, George Washington Carver or Otis Boykin but, the one African American inventor that stuck out to me was Madam C.J. Walker. Sarah Breedlove also known as Madam C.J. Walker was one the first African American entrepreneurs and one of the very few owners of her time. Ownership was a rare thing among African Americans in the the early 1900s, Madam C.J. Walker managed to become the first female self made millionaire after developing her own line of specialized hair care products specifically for African American Women. Parents Owen and Minerva Anderson
“While still a Turnbo agent, Sarah stepped out of her boss’ shadow in 1905 by relocating to Denver” (PBS), she had heard many African American women’s hair suffered in the Rocky Mountains due to the high and dry air. Sarah officially named her self Madam C.J. Walker in 1906, and married for the third time. Wonderful Hair Grower was the name of her hair treatment formula, she soon started going door to door selling her products and eventually being able to hire her own salesmen and also known as Madam C.J. Walker Hair Culturists. Through her expanding business she was also able to establish training sessions for her sales representatives her business was soon recognized nation wide. While her business expanded she eventually left Denver, Colorado and moved to Indianapolis there she was able to establish a factory to produce her hair car products. Walker was also able to hire professional African American teachers so Madam can receive a basic education that was available to her at that time. Madam’s business became overly successful, “with profits that were the modern day equivalent of several million dollars” (bio). Madam C.J. Walker was able to give fellow African Americans jobs, she was able to make them agents and transform them into beauticians. The ownership of her business made her very known throughout the African American community better yet, around the country. After she divorced for the third time, she was able to travel throughout Latin America and the Caribbean promoting her business while, scouting and obtain more agents for her business. Madam finally moved to Harlem, New York where she finally settled down and had a permanent