| A | B |
| Sarah Breedlove | daughter of sharecroppers |
| eight years old | the age at which Sarah was orphaned |
| five | the number of Sarah's siblings |
| washerwoman | how young Sarah made a living |
| Lelia | Sarah's daughter |
| Moses McWilliams | Sarah's husband who died |
| Poro Company | the company she worked for in St. Louis |
| Charles Joseph Walker | Sarah's husband and business partner |
| Madam C.J. Walker | the name Sarah called herself |
| hair | Her products helped this to grow. |
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | a good city for the distribution of products |
| Lelia College | the name of the school Mrs. Walker formed |
| hair culturists | what the graduates of her school were called |
| Booker T. Washington | the man who would not help Sarah |
| Mary McLeod Bethune | established a school for girls |
| Caribbean and Central America | where Mrs. Walker expanded her business |
| two | the number of cars Mrs. Walker owned |
| electric | the kind of car she drove |
| Lewaro | the name of her mansion |
| thirty | the number of rooms in her mansion |
| 20,000 | the number of agents she trained |
| 3,000 African-American men and women | the number of workers in the factory |
| factory | This was needed to produce a quantity of the product. |
| "before" and "after" pictures | used in Mrs. Walker's advertising |
| Harlem | where she lived with her daughter and granddaughter |
| Mae | Sarah's adopted granddaughter |