--- title: "23 Madam Walker Quotes By A'Lelia Bundles" description: "23 Madam Walker quotes by A'Lelia Bundles. Plus more from A'Lelia Bundles and more Madam Walker sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ce/a-lelia-bundles-9724_history_i-ve-found-that-once-people-are-introduc_324129.jpg" --- > [I've found that once people are introduced to Madam Walker's story, they are inspired but also perplexed about why she was omitted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/i-ve-found-that-once-people-are-introduced-to-madam-walker-s-story/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ce/a-lelia-bundles-9724_history_i-ve-found-that-once-people-are-introduc_324129.jpg) > [I wrote my first report about Madam Walker when I was a senior in high school in 1970.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/i-wrote-my-first-report-about-madam-walker-when-i-was-a-senior-in/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/573/a-lelia-bundles-9724_about_i-wrote-my-first-report-about-madam-walk_3110027.jpg) > [Through the years, Madam Walker has certainly become a staple of anything that has to do with black history, women's history and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/through-the-years-madam-walker-has-certainly-become-a-staple-of/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd6/a-lelia-bundles-9724_anything_through-the-years-madam-walker-has-certa_2566662.jpg) > [A lot of people think Oprah is channeling for Madam Walker, and there are lots of parallels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/a-lot-of-people-think-oprah-is-channeling-for-madam-walker-and-there/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d6/a-lelia-bundles-9724_channeling_a-lot-of-people-think-oprah-is-channelin_2037537.jpg) > [Madam Walker's legacy lives in her philanthropy as well as in an amazing line of hair care products.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/madam-walker-s-legacy-lives-in-her-philanthropy-as-well-as-in-an/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffe/a-lelia-bundles-9724_amazing_madam-walker-s-legacy-lives-in-her-phila_2976722.jpg) > [Madam Walker was an incredible woman, but she wasn't the only one of her time who was. She just took it to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/madam-walker-was-an-incredible-woman-but-she-wasn-t-the-only-one-of/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df6/a-lelia-bundles-9724_height_madam-walker-was-an-incredible-woman-but_2363783.jpg) > [As much as any woman of the twentieth century, Madam Walker paved the way for the profound social changes that altered women's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/as-much-as-any-woman-of-the-twentieth-century-madam-walker-paved-the/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54f/a-lelia-bundles-9724_american_as-much-as-any-woman-of-the-twentieth-ce_1475437.jpg) > [Madam Walker's name gets thrown out as either the savior of black women's hair or she's the evil devil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/madam-walker-s-name-gets-thrown-out-as-either-the-savior-of-black/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/789/a-lelia-bundles-9724_black-women_madam-walker-s-name-gets-thrown-out-as-e_132432.jpg) > [I've always been fascinated by Madam Walker's ability to use her money for political causes. I find her story so inspires people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/i-ve-always-been-fascinated-by-madam-walker-s-ability-to-use-her/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d9/a-lelia-bundles-9724_find_i-ve-always-been-fascinated-by-madam-wal_1692061.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/there-is-a-core-of-people-who-know-and-love-madam-c-j-walker-but/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/711/a-lelia-bundles-9724_life_there-is-a-core-of-people-who-know-and-l_1919853.jpg) > [I hope that people will be inspired by Madam Walker's story. I hope that they will see her as a complex human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/i-hope-that-people-will-be-inspired-by-madam-walker-s-story-i-hope/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d26/a-lelia-bundles-9724_details_i-hope-that-people-will-be-inspired-by-m_968424.jpg) > [We didn't sit around the dining table talking about Madam Walker, but the silverware that we used every day had her monogram…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/we-didn-t-sit-around-the-dining-table-talking-about-madam-walker-but/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aff/a-lelia-bundles-9724_day_we-didn-t-sit-around-the-dining-table-ta_380616.jpg) > [She used her wealth and philanthropy to contribute to Black schools and colleges, she gave the largest gift the NAACP had ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/she-used-her-wealth-and-philanthropy-to-contribute-to-black-schools/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c60/a-lelia-bundles-9724_education_she-used-her-wealth-and-philanthropy-to_2973097.jpg) > [By 1916, as Madam Walker herself was developing more assertive views on race, she was becoming eager to assume her place alongside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/by-1916-as-madam-walker-herself-was-developing-more-assertive-views/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05e/a-lelia-bundles-9724_developing_by-1916-as-madam-walker-herself-was-deve_1772085.jpg) > [To her credit, Madam Walker discerned that black women wanted to conform to white Victorian models of beauty. She was aware of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/to-her-credit-madam-walker-discerned-that-black-women-wanted-to/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be7/a-lelia-bundles-9724_beauty_to-her-credit-madam-walker-discerned-tha_2735208.jpg) > [Madam C.J. Walker was born in 1867, two years after the civil war ended. She was a daughter of a slave. She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/madam-c-j-walker-was-born-in-1867-two-years-after-the-civil-war-ended/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93b/a-lelia-bundles-9724_age_madam-c-j-walker-was-born-in-1867-two-ye_3128725.jpg) > [As one of the pioneers of modern hair care and cosmetics, Madam Walker is still an inspiration to a lot of people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/as-one-of-the-pioneers-of-modern-hair-care-and-cosmetics-madam-walker/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e1/a-lelia-bundles-9724_business_as-one-of-the-pioneers-of-modern-hair-ca_2277127.jpg) > [Madam Walker, as part of the first generation out of slavery, really was inventing the way that she operated in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/madam-walker-as-part-of-the-first-generation-out-of-slavery-really/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c6/a-lelia-bundles-9724_first_madam-walker-as-part-of-the-first-genera_1975360.jpg) > [For many years Madam Walker was just a little footnote in history. As a woman who made haircare products, she was really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/for-many-years-madam-walker-was-just-a-little-footnote-in-history-as/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fe/a-lelia-bundles-9724_history_for-many-years-madam-walker-was-just-a-l_1845096.jpg) > [DuBois - my intellectual hero - had written an obit of Madam, praising her... I began to see Madam Walker beyond the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/dubois-my-intellectual-hero-had-written-an-obit-of-madam-praising-her/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e72/a-lelia-bundles-9724_beyond_dubois-my-intellectual-hero-had-written_1191391.jpg) > [Madam Walker was a woman who transformed herself in a very American, rags-to-riches way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/madam-walker-was-a-woman-who-transformed-herself-in-a-very-american/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/375/a-lelia-bundles-9724_american_madam-walker-was-a-woman-who-transformed_2532840.jpg) > [Many people have told me that once they learn of Madam Walker's accomplishments they are surprised, even embarrassed, that they have never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/many-people-have-told-me-that-once-they-learn-of-madam-walker-s/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e02/a-lelia-bundles-9724_history_many-people-have-told-me-that-once-they_471201.jpg) > [Madam Walker was a master marketer. But her brilliance was in taking it to another level by training women, by traveling, by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/madam-walker-was-a-master-marketer-but-her-brilliance-was-in-taking/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58c/a-lelia-bundles-9724_motivational_madam-walker-was-a-master-marketer-but-h_1938996.jpg) ## More by A'Lelia Bundles > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/it-s-very-hard-to-be-a-kid-especially-in-a-predominantly-white-school/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/a-lelia-walker-did-not-subsidize-specific-writers-but-she-provided-a/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) > [For some people, success is a zero sum game. They think that if they push other people out of the way, fewer people can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/for-some-people-success-is-a-zero-sum-game-they-think-that-if-they/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) > [Madam Walker's name gets thrown out as either the savior of black women's hair or she's the evil devil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/madam-walker-s-name-gets-thrown-out-as-either-the-savior-of-black/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) > [Madame Walker selected Indianapolis as the headquarters for her growing business more than a century ago in 1910 because of its central location and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/madame-walker-selected-indianapolis-as-the-headquarters-for-her/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/why-is-she-mrs-c-j-walker-it-really-was-a-matter-of-her-trying-to/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/for-more-than-three-years-i-d-been-part-of-a-complex-and-frustrating/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/i-know-of-at-least-two-black-women-who-are-billionaires-sheila/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/i-ve-found-that-once-people-are-introduced-to-madam-walker-s-story/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) > [I was like other teenagers in the late 1960s; I too was very interested in having an Afro and getting rid of the perm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/i-was-like-other-teenagers-in-the-late-1960s-i-too-was-very/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) > [I love people who have really long locs. I love how they can go in different directions or pile it up into a big…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/i-love-people-who-have-really-long-locs-i-love-how-they-can-go-in/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/we-didn-t-sit-around-the-dining-table-talking-about-madam-walker-but/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/many-people-have-told-me-that-once-they-learn-of-madam-walker-s/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) > [The saying was that Madam Walker made the money, and her daughter - my great-grandmother - spent it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/the-saying-was-that-madam-walker-made-the-money-and-her-daughter-my/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) > [Every ethnic group has a mythology... Until 'Roots'... there was nothing in the popular culture to refute the paragraph in elementary school history class…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/every-ethnic-group-has-a-mythology-until-roots-there-was-nothing-in/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/madam-walker/a-lelia-bundles/#itemlist", "name": "23 Madam Walker Quotes By A'Lelia Bundles", "numberOfItems": 23, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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 history lessons.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "A'Lelia Bundles" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/i-ve-found-that-once-people-are-introduced-to-madam-walker-s-story/", "image": { 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