American Quote by A'Lelia Bundles Download Open image “Madam Walker was a woman who transformed herself in a very American, rags-to-riches way.” — A'Lelia Bundles ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare American Madam Walker Rags Riches Transformed American Walker Walker Woman Way Who Woman Woman Transformed
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Madam Walker was an incredible woman, but she wasn't the only one of her time who was. She just took it to the highest… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
As one of the pioneers of modern hair care and cosmetics, Madam Walker is still an inspiration to a lot of people going into… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Madam Walker's legacy lives in her philanthropy as well as in an amazing line of hair care products. — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
There is a core of people who know and love Madam C.J. Walker, but there's a much larger audience who don't really know about… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
I've always been fascinated by Madam Walker's ability to use her money for political causes. I find her story so inspires people that it… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It's very hard to be a kid, especially in a predominantly white school or white town where other people want to police your body… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
A'Lelia Walker did not subsidize specific writers, but she provided a place for all kinds of people to gather. She was one of the… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
For some people, success is a zero sum game. They think that if they push other people out of the way, fewer people can… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
Madam Walker's name gets thrown out as either the savior of black women's hair or she's the evil devil. — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
Madame Walker selected Indianapolis as the headquarters for her growing business more than a century ago in 1910 because of its central location and… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
For more than three years, I'd been part of a complex and frustrating dance as my nonfiction, fact-based material was translated from book to… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
I know of at least two black women who are billionaires: Sheila Johnson, who co-founded BET, and Oprah Winfrey. And I know of hundreds… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
I've found that once people are introduced to Madam Walker's story, they are inspired but also perplexed about why she was omitted from their… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
I was like other teenagers in the late 1960s; I too was very interested in having an Afro and getting rid of the perm… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
I love people who have really long locs. I love how they can go in different directions or pile it up into a big… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
We didn't sit around the dining table talking about Madam Walker, but the silverware that we used every day had her monogram on it… — A'Lelia Bundles Copy Share Image
I wasn't attracted to American cinema, but I fell in love with Los Angeles the minute I arrived. — Agnes Varda Copy Share Image
William Maxwell's my favorite North American writer, I think. And an Irish writer who used to write for 'The New Yorker' called Maeve Brennan,… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
I have fallen in love with American names, the sharp names that never get fat. — Stephen Vincent Benet Copy Share Image
I really like a lot of American country stuff, so my music has that influence, but I don't like to be set within a… — Jade Bird Copy Share Image
I certainly don't think that the heirs of the American Revolution were a particularly noble class. — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
Congress passed the American Rescue Plan Act in a tremendous investment to support millions of workers without a paycheck and behind on bills. — Jake Auchincloss Copy Share Image
Small businesses are the backbone of the American economy and employ almost half of the working population. Yet because of their size, they rarely… — Dan Lipinski Copy Share Image
Although I write in English, and despite the fact that I'm from America, I consider myself an Armenian writer. The words I use are… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
When we first sold the Wallace and Gromit shorts to America, people suggested we get rid of the strange British accents and put clear… — Nick Park Copy Share Image
France has not only built a bureaucratic barrier against American culture, it has constructed a notorious intellectual case against it as well. The French… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
New York and San Francisco are distinctly different. San Francisco is driving the American media, not New York. You have young, microwaved millionaires and… — Jason Whitlock Copy Share Image