{"product_id":"9781982126674","title":"Self Made : Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eSelf Made\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): A'Lelia Bundles\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow a Netflix series starring Octavia Spencer, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSelf Made \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e(formerly titled \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn Her Own Ground\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e) is the first full-scale biography of “one of the great success stories of American history” (\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e), Madam C.J. Walker—the legendary African American entrepreneur and philanthropist—by her great-great-granddaughter, A’Lelia Bundles.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe daughter of formerly enslaved parents, Sarah Breedlove—who would become known as 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. Along the way, she formed friendships with great early-twentieth-century political figures such as Ida B. Wells, Mary McLeod Bethune, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Booker T. Washington.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“A fascinating book about a fascinating woman.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “The life of Madam C. J. Walker is one of the great success stories of American history. . . . [This is] the first full-blown biography of an amazing woman.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “Well-paced and well-written . . . as much social history as biography, filled with the detail and texture of culture and politics.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781982126674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40593127833806,"sku":"9781982126674","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_d91701cd-93a0-4cdc-87d2-704ba5f804ad.jpg?v=1637782099","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781982126674","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}