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Madam C.J. Walker

January 13, 2017 in Modern Worthies

Martha Matilda Harper

Inventor of the Hair Salon

Harper was an entrepreneur who essentially created the modern hair salon, which she grew into a franchise of hundreds of stores across the world.
Madam C.J. Walker (1867-1919)
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America's ostensible first female self-made millionaire was a black beauty magnate who did it all for her daughter.

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