Madam C. J. Walker Builds a Business

From the world of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls comes the historical novel based on the life of Madam C.

J.

Walker: America's first self-made millionaireIn Madam C.

J.

Walker Builds a Business, Sarah Breedlove (a.k.a.

Madam C.

J.

Walker) reinvents and rebrands herself as a forceful entrepreneur whose products still dominate the black hair-care industry today.Born on the same plantation where her parents were once enslaved, Sarah is the first child in her family born free.When Sarah is just a girl, she learns the value of hard work.She cooks, she cleans, she picks cotton, she does laundry, and she babysits.By 14, Sarah is a wife, and by 18, she is a mother.From the stress of backbreaking labor and having to grow up so quickly, Sarah's hair begins to fall out!Instead of falling into despair, Sarah learns how to take care