2. Most Powerful Womanhood
Madam CJ Walker
Oprah Winfrey
Rosa Parks
BY Sabrina, Sattier, Rosiland, Amber
3. Most Powerful Womanhood
African American Women faced difficulties in society than other
women, most black women did not receive the finer things in life
and had to break barriers to receive equality to others. These
women cult the domesticity and true womanhood of being African
American even though this term was use for upper class white
women.
4. Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also
what it takes to sit down and listen
5. Madame Cj Walker
Decembers 23, 1867-May 25, 1919
6. Courage
Madam C.J Walker had a lot f courage which led her to her
success.
She did not allow anyone to tell her how far she could go in life,
she did what she felt was best for her.
She was the first African American also to put her own picture on
her products.
7. Picture of Hair Product
8. Hair Products Preparations
9. Courage cont.
By the time of her death, Madam Walker had helped create the role
of the twentieth century, self-made American businesswoman. She not
only established herself as a pioneer of the modern black hair-care
and cosmetics industry, but she also set standards in the
African-American community for corporate and community
giving.
10. Discrimination
It was unusual for an African American to be a major entrepreneur
in the early 1900s, but it was even more unusual for it to be an
African American female.
It wasnt an easy journey for Madam C.J. Walker to become the first
African American female millionaire,but with the fight and drive
she succeeded.
11. Discrimination cont.
Racial segregation forbid access to many theaters to blacks, or
allowed them only in the balconies. In response, the Walker Theatre
in Indianapolis was opened for blacks in 1927. Part of the Walker
Building at 617 Indiana Ave, which formerly housed Madam Walker's
company, a $2.3 million renovation of the theater was completed in
1987. The building is listed as a National Historic Landmark.
12. Walker Theatre
13. Discrimination cont.
In 1917, East St. Louis experienced a bloody race riot in which
more than three dozen black men were killed by a white mob. This
prompted Madam Walker to devote herself to having lynching made a
federal crime, joining a group of Harlem leaders who visited the
White House to present a petition favoring federal anti-lynching
legislation.
14. Discrimination cont.
She was an activist who stood up for her beliefs and tried to make
change with discrimination and racism.
Villa Lewaro was built in August of 1918 in Irvington-on-Hudson,
New York. The grand estate served not only as Madam Walker's home
but as a conference center for summits of racial leaders to discuss
current issues. Her neighbors included industrialists Jay Gould and
John D. Rockefeller.
15. Madam C.J Walker
16. Womens Rights
By the time of her death, Madam Walker had helped create the role
of the twentieth century, self-made American businesswoman. She not
only established herself as a pioneer of the modern black hair-care
and cosmetics industry, but she also set standards in the
African-American community for corporate and community
giving.
17. Womens Rights cont.
She became a public speaker and lectured to promote her business,
in turn empowering other women in business. She did not limit her
public speaking to business however, but touched on issues
important to the black community. She also encouraged black
Americans to support the cause of World War I and worked to have
black veterans granted full respect.
18. Womens Rights cont.
The National Association of Colored Women (NACW) honored Madam
Walker during the summer of 1918 for making the largest
contribution to saving the home of abolitionist Frederick
Douglass.
19. Rosa Parks
February 4, 1913-October 24, 2005
20. Standing Up For Freedom
21. December 1, 1955,that was the day when an unknown seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger. This brave woman, Rosa Parks, was arrested and fined for violating a city ordinance, but her lonely act of defiance began a movement that ended legal segregation in America, and made her an inspiration to freedom-loving people everywhere. 22. The bus incident led to the formation of the Montgomery Improvement Association
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