--- title: "15 Women Quotes By A'Lelia Bundles" description: "15 Women quotes by A'Lelia Bundles. Plus more from A'Lelia Bundles and more Women sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96b/a-lelia-bundles-9724_generation_my-mother-was-the-fourth-generation-of-w_2727765.jpg" --- > [My mother was the fourth generation of women to have worked with the Walker company. As a little girl, I would go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/my-mother-was-the-fourth-generation-of-women-to-have-worked-with-the/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96b/a-lelia-bundles-9724_generation_my-mother-was-the-fourth-generation-of-w_2727765.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) > [For all my life, I've been trying to tell Madam's story and really it's a labor of love just to make sure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/for-all-my-life-i-ve-been-trying-to-tell-madam-s-story-and-really-it/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/800/a-lelia-bundles-9724_labor-of-love_for-all-my-life-i-ve-been-trying-to-tell_2003726.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) > [There are literally hundreds of stories about women of color that haven't been told that are amazing, fantastic, better than anything else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/there-are-literally-hundreds-of-stories-about-women-of-color-that/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/132/a-lelia-bundles-9724_amazing_there-are-literally-hundreds-of-stories_663843.jpg) > [So Madam C.J. Walker's Wonderful Hair Grower, when applied after shampooing the hair more frequently, allowed women's scalp to be healthier and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/so-madam-c-j-walker-s-wonderful-hair-grower-when-applied-after/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfd/a-lelia-bundles-9724_back_so-madam-c-j-walker-s-wonderful-hair-gro_2836686.jpg) > [Women of African descent, since the beginning of time, have altered their hair, decorated it and used it to designate status.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/women-of-african-descent-since-the-beginning-of-time-have-altered/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/256/a-lelia-bundles-9724_beginning_women-of-african-descent-since-the-begin_2677239.jpg) > [You know the AME Church has a history of empowering black people and having an international outlook. So it was the women…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/you-know-the-ame-church-has-a-history-of-empowering-black-people-and/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/200/a-lelia-bundles-9724_black-people_you-know-the-ame-church-has-a-history-of_1356926.jpg) > [Madame Walker was one of the four iconic women who really created what's now the modern hair-care and cosmetics industry, and we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/madame-walker-was-one-of-the-four-iconic-women-who-really-created/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b32/a-lelia-bundles-9724_black-community_madame-walker-was-one-of-the-four-iconic_797846.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 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) > [From the beginning, Madam C. J. Walker's message was as much about hair and beauty as it was about empowering other women.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/from-the-beginning-madam-c-j-walker-s-message-was-as-much-about-hair/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/175/a-lelia-bundles-9724_beauty_from-the-beginning-madam-c-j-walker-s-me_2412053.jpg) > [We all draw inspiration from women whose names make the headlines and whose stories are in the history books, but often our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-lelia-bundles/we-all-draw-inspiration-from-women-whose-names-make-the-headlines-and/) [A'Lelia Bundles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-lelia-bundles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a3/a-lelia-bundles-9724_books_we-all-draw-inspiration-from-women-whose_1530747.jpg) > [I know of at least two black women who are billionaires: Sheila Johnson, who co-founded BET, and Oprah Winfrey. And I know…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22e/a-lelia-bundles-9724_billionaires_i-know-of-at-least-two-black-women-who-a_314665.jpg) ## Other authors on Women - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 111 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/women/frederick-lenz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nikhil-saluja-71464.jpg) Nikhil Saluja 95 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/women/nikhil-saluja/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-laura-schlessinger-58854.jpg) Laura Schlessinger 95 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/women/laura-schlessinger/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gloria-steinem-38879.jpg) Gloria Steinem 76 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/women/gloria-steinem/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-amy-dickinson-12448.jpg) Amy Dickinson 72 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/women/amy-dickinson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-mary-wollstonecraft-65216.jpg) Mary Wollstonecraft 56 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/women/mary-wollstonecraft/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sheryl-sandberg-84955.jpg) Sheryl Sandberg 55 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/women/sheryl-sandberg/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 45 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/women/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-oscar-wilde-72846.jpg) Oscar Wilde 45 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/women/oscar-wilde/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-virginia-woolf-93906.jpg) Virginia Woolf 41 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/women/virginia-woolf/) - [Mokokoma Mokhonoana 38 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/women/mokokoma-mokhonoana/) ## 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/women/a-lelia-bundles/#itemlist", "name": "15 Women Quotes By A'Lelia Bundles", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My mother was the fourth generation of women to have worked with the Walker company. As a little girl, I would go to her office while she worked. 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