On Her Own Ground. The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker
Par :Formats :
- Paiement en ligne :
- Livraison à domicile ou en point Mondial Relay indisponible
- Retrait Click and Collect en magasin gratuit
- Réservation en ligne avec paiement en magasin :
- Indisponible pour réserver et payer en magasin
- Nombre de pages415
- PrésentationBroché
- FormatGrand Format
- Poids0.494 kg
- Dimensions15,7 cm × 23,6 cm × 2,9 cm
- ISBN0-7434-3172-3
- EAN9780743431729
- Date de parution01/01/2002
- ÉditeurScribner
Résumé
ON HER OWN GROUND IS THE FIRST FULL SCALE. DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY OF MADAM C. J. WALKER - THE LEGENDARY AFRICAN AMERICAN ENTREPRENEUR AND PHILANTHROPIST- BY HER GREAT - GREAT - GRANDDAUGHTER, A'LELIA BUNDLES. The daughter of enslaved people, Madam C. J. Walker was orphaned at seven, married at fourteen, and widowed at twenty. She spent the better part of the next two decades laboring as a washerwoman for $1.50 a week.
Then—with the discovery of a revolutionary hair care formula for black women—everything changed. By her death in 1919, Walker managed to overcome astonishing odds : building a storied beauty empire from the ground up, amassing wealth unprecedented among black women, and devoting her life to philanthropy and social activism.
Then—with the discovery of a revolutionary hair care formula for black women—everything changed. By her death in 1919, Walker managed to overcome astonishing odds : building a storied beauty empire from the ground up, amassing wealth unprecedented among black women, and devoting her life to philanthropy and social activism.
ON HER OWN GROUND IS THE FIRST FULL SCALE. DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY OF MADAM C. J. WALKER - THE LEGENDARY AFRICAN AMERICAN ENTREPRENEUR AND PHILANTHROPIST- BY HER GREAT - GREAT - GRANDDAUGHTER, A'LELIA BUNDLES. The daughter of enslaved people, Madam C. J. Walker was orphaned at seven, married at fourteen, and widowed at twenty. She spent the better part of the next two decades laboring as a washerwoman for $1.50 a week.
Then—with the discovery of a revolutionary hair care formula for black women—everything changed. By her death in 1919, Walker managed to overcome astonishing odds : building a storied beauty empire from the ground up, amassing wealth unprecedented among black women, and devoting her life to philanthropy and social activism.
Then—with the discovery of a revolutionary hair care formula for black women—everything changed. By her death in 1919, Walker managed to overcome astonishing odds : building a storied beauty empire from the ground up, amassing wealth unprecedented among black women, and devoting her life to philanthropy and social activism.
