Description
On Her Own Ground is the first and only full-scale biography of “one of the great success stories of American history” (The Philadelphia Inquirer), Madam C.J. Walker–the legendary African American entrepreneur and philanthropist–by her great-great-granddaughter, A’Lelia Bundles.
The 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.Binding Type: Paperback
Author: A’Lelia Bundles
Published: 01/01/2002
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
ISBN: 9780743431729
Pages: 416
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 1.14″ H x 9.28″ L x 6.18″ W
Award: 2002 Hurston/Wright LEGACY Award Nominee – Nonfiction
About the Author
A’Lelia Bundles is the author of New York Times Notable Book and bestseller On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker. A former ABC News Washington, DC, deputy bureau chief and an Emmy Award-winning producer, she participated in residencies at Yaddo and MacDowell while writing Joy Goddess. Visit her website at ALeliaBundles.com or on Instagram at @ALeliaBundles.
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