5.8K views · 87 reactions | Hair care entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker was born on this day in 1867. One of the wealthiest African American women of her time, she became a philanthropic leader and activist. #HistoryMonday | Smithsonian Channel | Facebook

Madam CJ Walker was the first American woman to be a self-made millionaire. Follow her rise to the highest entrepreneurial heights with her skin and hair care products in “Two Dollars and a Dream,” a Stanley Nelson documentary from WORLD Channel: to.pbs.org/36zpkWR #BlackHistoryPBS #BlackHistoryMonth | PBS

Today we celebrate the first self-made female millionaire, Madam C.J. Walker. Suffering from hair loss triggered by her difficult living conditions, Walker invented a scalp healing lotion. That lotion started what would become a multi-million dollar cosmetics business. #BecauseOfHerStory Learn more about Madam C.J. Walker's hair care business here, from NMAAHC Smithsonian National Museum For African American History And Culture: https://s.si.edu/2IDDHjo | Smithsonian Channel