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A biography of the Afro-American businesswoman whose invention of facial creams and other cosmetics led to great financial success and who, throughout her life, devoted herself to many social and political causes.

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A'Lelia Bundles, former ABC News Washington deputy bureau chief and chair emerita of the National Archives Foundation, has written four books about her great-great-grandmother Madam C. J. Walker. An Emmy Award-winning television news producer, she participated in writing residencies at Yaddo and MacDowell. She lives in Washington, DC.

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Madam C. J. Walker
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Madam C. J. Walker

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Nonfiction, Tween, Kids
DDC/MDS
338.7Society, government, & cultureEconomicsProductionBusiness Enterprises
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HD9970.5 .C672 .W353Social sciencesIndustries. Land use. LaborIndustries. Land use. LaborSpecial industries and tradesManufacturing industries
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