Madam C.J. Walker : the making of an American icon
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Published
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2021].
ISBN
9781442260382, 1442260386
Physical Desc
xvi, 147 pages ; 24 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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East Smithfield - Adult Non-Fiction | 92W WAL | On Shelf |
Newport - Neighborhoods | BIO Walker | On Shelf |
Providence Public - Level 1 Book Stacks | 338.76685 W177 2021 | On Shelf |
Warwick Public - Adult Non-Fiction | HD 9970.5 C672 2021 | On Shelf |
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Published
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2021].
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9781442260382, 1442260386
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-137) and index.
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"Madam C. J. Walker--reputed to be America's first self-made woman millionaire--has long been celebrated for her rags-to-riches story. Born to former slaves in the Louisiana Delta in the aftermath of the Civil War, married at fourteen, and widowed at twenty, Walker spent the first decades of her life as a laundress, laboring in conditions that paralleled the lives of countless poor and working-class African American women. By the time of her death in 1919, however, Walker had refashioned herself into one of the most famous African American figures in the nation: the owner and president of a hair-care empire and a philanthropist wealthy enough to own a country estate near the Rockefellers in the prestigious New York town of Irvington-on-Hudson. In this biography, [the author] places this . . . forgotten life story in the context of Walker's times"--Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ball, E. L. (2021). Madam C.J. Walker: the making of an American icon . Rowman & Littlefield.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ball, Erica L., 1971-. 2021. Madam C.J. Walker: The Making of an American Icon. Rowman & Littlefield.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ball, Erica L., 1971-. Madam C.J. Walker: The Making of an American Icon Rowman & Littlefield, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ball, Erica L. Madam C.J. Walker: The Making of an American Icon Rowman & Littlefield, 2021.
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