A'Lelia Walker

A’Lelia Walker, the only daughter of Madam C.J. Walker, helped her mother found the Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company in Denver, Colorado in 1906. From 1908 to 1918, she played a major role in the growth of the Madam C.J. Walker business empire by managing the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania branch of the family’s hair-care company, overseeing Lelia College, the school of … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: Ladies of the Harlem Renaissance