When thinking of self-made women who have crossed over to millionaire or even billionaire status, for most people, a few familiar names typically come to mind: Oprah Winfrey, Sheryl Sandberg, Kim Kardashian and her even richer kid sister Kylie Jenner, Sara Blakely, Anne Dinning, Donna Karen, Vera Wang, Judy Sheindlin, Rihanna or even Danielle Steel.Before all those names, though, there was the first: Madam C.J. Walker.Born Sarah Breedlove, the first free woman in her family in 1867, Walker was not only America’s first self-made woman millionaire, but she was the country’s first black American self-made woman millionaire. Taking up her second husband C.J. Walker’s name, Madam, as she was called, launched her own hair care line directed at black women in the late 1800s, and an empire was born. Despite the massive success Madam achieved during her lifetime—she died in 1919—not much is known about her story aside from her footprint on the black American beauty industry. However, that will soon change when Netflix releases its newest limited series, Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker, on Friday.To say that Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer shines as Madam would be an understatement. The 47-year-old actor brings a… Read full this story
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