Who is Mrs. CJ Walker? What did she bring to the scientific world? How did she start her business? What types of obstacles did she face? I'll talk about this and more in my biography of civil rights activist and entrepreneur Madam CJ Walker. Mrs. CJ Walker was born December 23, 1867 in Delta, Louisiana. She died on May 25, 1919 at her mansion on the Hudson River in Irvington. Her parents were former slaves and named her Sarah Breedlove. She was born on the Burney family plantation. She never went to school. Instead, she worked on the plantation with her family. When he was 7 years old, both of his parents died. She married Moses McWilliams at the age of 14. They had a daughter named Lélia. Mrs. Walker was widowed at age 20. After her husband died, her daughter moved to St. Louis, Missouri. In the 1890s, Walker developed a scalp disorder that caused him to lose his hair. This is why she started making cosmetics. Then, in 1905, she moved to Denver, Colorado. She met Charles Joseph Walker and married. They divorced in 1912 but she kept her...