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Madam-cj-walker-company-today. Walker gave Black women a shot at financial independence and a way to escape the strenuous physical labor many had to endure after the Civil War. History describes her as a. ALelia Bundles is the great-great granddaughter of Madam CJ Walker and author of the best-selling biography ON HER OWN GROUND.

The Life and Times of Madam C. She continued to oversee the business and to work in the New York office. Walker Manufacturing Company ceased operations.

Walker was born Sarah Breedlove on December 23 1867. Madam CJ Walker in a portrait. Walkers remarkable story has been brought to the masses thanks to Netflixs new mini-series Self Made starring Octavia Spencer.

Her parents Owen and Minerva were Louisiana sharecroppers who had been born into slavery. Walker died of hypertension on May 25 1919 at age 51 at Villa Lewaro. Walker herself moved to New York in 1916 leaving the day-to-day operations of the Madam C.

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Bundles became a fulltime author and professional speaker in 2006 after a 30-year career as an executive and producer in network television news. Walkers business was valued at over 1 million and had employed over 40000 African American women and men. She used her position to advocate for the advancement of black Americans and for an end to lynching.