Madame C.J. Walker

Indianapolis, Indiana was the home of Madame C. J. Walker. Walker was born in 1867 and died in 1919. Walker became the first self-made female millionaire in America. Besides the fact that she was a woman and amassed such wealth, she was also an African-American. Walker was innovative and creative in marketing and producing products for African-American hair. Madame C.J. Walker created wealth doing things her way from the bottom on up.






Fort Wayne Stephanie Cozart Burton doing things her way, make up artist and actress.