Madam C.J. Walker: A Woman Ahead Of Her Time

Madam C.J. Walker was the first African-American millionaire. But she grew up poor, and worked as a washer woman before she made her money selling hair care products to African-American women around the turn of the 20th century. She also helped many in her community make a better life. (Images courtesy of A'Lelia Bundles/Madam Walker Family Archives)