Cover of Madam C.J. Walker

Madam C.J. Walker

by Cookie Lommel · 1993

+ Want to read

A biography of the Afro-American businesswoman whose invention of facial creams and other cosmetics led to great financial success and who, throughout her life, devoted herself to many social and political causes.

Subject
biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
African AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of thiswomenwomenMore like thisLess of this
Setting
USAUSAMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 192 pages

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it. Point at it (on a phone, tap it) for less of it instead.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

BuyAmazonGoogle Books

BorrowOpen LibraryA library near you

MoreCompare prices

Liked Madam C.J. Walker? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked Madam C.J. Walker. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. Madam C.J. Walker Penny Colman · 1994 Shares African American, women, biography
  2. Famous firsts of Black women Martha Ward Plowden · 1993 Shares African American, women, biography
  3. Sojourner Truth: A Self-Made Woman Victoria Ortiz · 1986 Shares African American, women, biography
  4. Madam C.J. Walker Della A. Yannuzzi · 2000 Shares African American, biography, women
See more recommendations →

“If you want more of the same (biography about african american), start with these.”

  1. Coretta Scott King Petra Press · 2000
  2. Bessie Coleman: First Black Woman Pilot Connie Plantz · 2001
  3. Wilma Rudolph Wayne R. Coffey · 1993
  4. Sojourner Truth and the Struggle for Freedom Edward B. Claflin · 1987

“If it was the African American that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. Sister Days Janus Adams · 1999
  2. Harriet Tubman John Rowley · 1998
  3. Marian Anderson Andrea Broadwater · 2000
  4. Queen Latifah (Biography Amy Ruth Allen · 2000

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. Madam C.J. Walker A'Lelia Perry Bundles · 1991
  2. Madam C. J. Walker Lori Hobkirk · 2000
  3. John H. Johnson, "the man from Ebony" Lucille Falkof · 1992
  4. Alexander Graham Bell and the telephone Steve Parker · 1995

Report a problem