User:Aliroc065/Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company

Madam C.J. Walker grew up in the Southern United States facing discrimination and financial hardships. She lost her parents very young, and had to grow to be independent and learn to find opportunities on her own. Desiring more financial security, Walker moved to St Louis in search of a job, and once she got there she found an opportunity to attend Annie Malone's Poro College. Poro college was a school designed to teach black women how to style and care for black hair. After some time at Poro college, Walker went on to become a Poro agent, selling Annie Malone's products.

With her experience and education, she chose to start manufacturing her own line of African-American beauty products. Walker had her own struggles with caring for and styling her own hair, having experienced hair loss and damage from other products. She wanted to manufacture products for the black community that were created by a black women. Some of her most famous products include Glossine and Pressing Oil and Wonderful Hair grower.

Walker found great success with her own manufacturing company and decided to take her knowledge and products one step further, and founded Leila College, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1908. The school specialized in teaching black hair care, and she desired to teach women how to be "hair culturalists". Walker's success led her to become America's first self-made women to become a millionaire.