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Name: Madam C.J. Walker
Author: A'Lelia Perry Bundles

📘 Madam C.J. Walker by A'Lelia Perry Bundles

A biography of the Afro-American businesswoman whose invention of facial creams and other cosmetics led to great financial success and who, throughout her life, devoted herself to many social and political causes.

First publish date: 1991

Authors: A'Lelia Perry Bundles

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