Developing Quote by A'Lelia Bundles

Through the years, Madam Walker has certainly become a staple of anything that has to do with black history, women's history and entrepreneurship.

— A'Lelia Bundles

To her credit, Madam Walker discerned that black women wanted to conform to white Victorian models of beauty. She was aware of the double-…

— A'Lelia Bundles

One of the key things for me about Madame Walker's life is that she really does represent this first generation out of slavery when…

— A'Lelia Bundles

Madam Walker was a woman who transformed herself in a very American, rags-to-riches way.

— A'Lelia Bundles

She used her wealth and philanthropy to contribute to Black schools and colleges, she gave the largest gift the NAACP had ever received to…

— A'Lelia Bundles

Madam Walker, as part of the first generation out of slavery, really was inventing the way that she operated in the world.

— A'Lelia Bundles

Why is she Mrs. C.J. Walker? It really was a matter of her trying to insist that people respect her, because during that time,…

— A'Lelia Bundles

Like so many women aspiring and working to create the life they desire, Madam Walker lived with a vision that was beyond her time…

— Richelieu Dennis

Many people have told me that once they learn of Madam Walker's accomplishments they are surprised, even embarrassed, that they have never heard of…

— A'Lelia Bundles

DuBois - my intellectual hero - had written an obit of Madam, praising her... I began to see Madam Walker beyond the definitions others…

— A'Lelia Bundles

For many years Madam Walker was just a little footnote in history. As a woman who made haircare products, she was really consigned to…

— A'Lelia Bundles

Madam Walker was a master marketer. But her brilliance was in taking it to another level by training women, by traveling, by making very…

— A'Lelia Bundles