J. C. Leyendecker

Madam CJ Walker Uncovering an Indiana Treasure Madam CJ Walker was an uneducated woman and child of 2 former slaves. She was the first woman of either race to make money and become wealthy and successful completely on her own. Madam Walker only had 2 dollars and a dream when she began her business of manufacturing and distributing hair growth improvement shampoo. She started selling by going door to door, which turned into a full on manufacturing business. With this money, she quickly became a philanthropist

Throughout the majority of the twentieth century many Americans were hoping to create something of themselves, to reach their goals and create a good home life for their family; they wanted to achieve the American Dream. The American Dream is “the ideal that every U.S. citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative” (American Dream Dictionary). Two well-known people who achieved the American Dream in the 1900s were Madame

Sarah and Moses had a child before his death, so she was left a widow and a single mother. She then moved up north in St. Louis after hearing that the wages for housekeeping and washerwomen were higher. Also, she married her second husband named Charles J. Walker that toiled in advertising and later helped her promote her hair care business. In St. Louis is where Sarah began to go and joined the

"There is no royal flower-strewn path to success. And if there is, I have not found it - for if I have accomplished anything in life, it is because I have been willing to work hard."—Madame CJ Walker In my previous writings, I’ve shared my mission and purpose. I also included information regarding my professional background to amplify my values and vision. However, I would like to explore the life of one exemplary business leader—Madame CJ Walker. Walker’s path to success was during a tumultuous

What organizations, ideologies, and leaders did Africans create and engage in the 20th century to promote and advance their liberation? [Abstract] The 20th century composed of many organizations ideologies and leaders helping to promote and advance liberation both in America and worldwide. These different entities worked to defy the social structure filled with aspects of conservatism and oppression and rather upheld the Africana sense of governance and encouraged socialism in terms of a more

With many new phenomena’s playing such a big part on today and future societies no other influence has been bigger than the Internet. The Internet, a mechanism for information dissemination and a place for interaction between individuals and their computers without regard for geographic location, has opened and closed doors to opportunity. Some consider the Internet to be the greatest innovation of our generation, some not so much. The best way to analyze the effects the Internet has had, is to look

Women in the interwar years did not experience greater freedoms in terms of their physical appearance because they remain restricted by societal notions of femininity. The new women physical appearance was created by society for their own benefits. The new women wear makeup and dress less, drink and smoke. The beauty industry first started as a woman only business and expanded but later on became male dominated. Cosmetic makeup was first thought of as a less respectable beauty product because

The beginnings of the Internet The Internet is and always will be the most revolutionary thing of our time. The internet is literally is, going, and will be the most important thing in our entire existence. It alone has made communication much easier and faster world wide. With it's invention, it made telegraphs, telephones, radios seem out of date. But in the Internets early developments it was kept a secret. The internet would not be possible without computers which developed in the 1950s.

On October 4th, 1957 the Soviet Union launched a metal sphere, called Sputnik, that intermittently transmitted a radio signal, into orbit. This event does not seem very impressive now, but when it happened it had a massive political and psychological effect. It spawned the idea that the United States might be eclipsed by another world power in technological might and proved that the Soviet Union could make a missile that could reach the United States. As part of a broad response to this event the

On December 23, 1897, Sarah Breedlove who is now known as Madam CJ Walker, was born on a delta on a Louisiana Plantation where her parents, Owen and Minerva Anderson Breedlove worked and were enslaved prior to the civil war. Although she was the first child of her siblings to be born after the abolition of slavery, she faced just as many hard times. Walker was however able to renovate herself from an illiterate laundress and farm girl to a highly successful business women. By doing so she beat all