Madam C. J. Walker
1867 – 1919 · United States · Business
Built a national cosmetics company and became America's first self-made Black woman millionaire.
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- Andrew Carnegie
1835 – 1919 · Business
Walker adopted the Carnegie gospel of wealth in her own philanthropic and franchise structure.
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