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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 |