In a short twenty-year span, A’Lelia Bundles has written four biographies that document her larger-than-life, from rags-to-riches ancestors.

What was unique about Madam CJ Walker’s approach to hair care? Walker’s approach focused on scalp health rather than hair straightening. She developed a comprehensive “Walker System” that included ...

In 2024, a silk press, or non-chemical straightening technique ... like hot combs, which Madam CJ Walker popularized within the Black community in the early 1900s. While it’s believed the ...

Whereas Turnbo took her product’s name from an African word, Madame C.J. claimed ... hair-straightening styling tool in their catalogs in the 1880s. But Walker did improve the hot comb with ...

Madam CJ Walker, born Sarah Breedlove in 1867 ... a transformative figure in the early twentieth century. Walker was the first black self-made millionaire who invented the world's first ...

Hair-straightening techniques have been improved ever since, starting with the hot comb - created by Madame CJ Walker in the twentieth century -, and being followed by the development of chemical hair ...

Madam C.J. Walker: I came from the cotton fields of the South ... the world’s first hair-straightening formula, and the hot comb? Madam C.J.: Having hair loss myself, it made my self-esteem low. I ...

In addition to setting trends, Black women like Madame C.J. Walker, Naomi Sims ... for her method of hair straightening. (Photo by The Abbott Sengstacke Family Papers/Robert Abbott Sengstacke ...

You wouldn’t be able to pop into a drugstore today and buy a SheaMoisture or Curl Theory product if it weren’t for the multimillion-dollar brand Madam C.J ... Walker made relaxers and the hot ...

The stunning and elaborate styles were created with a hot comb, a hair straightening tool popularized by haircare millionaire, Madam C.J. Walker, in the 1900s. Black women used the screaming hot ...