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Madam C. J. Walker's gospel of giving : black women's philanthropy during Jim Crow / Tyrone McKinley Freeman ; foreword by A'Lelia Bundles.
LIBRA HD9970.5.C672 F74 2020
Available from offsite location
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating HD9970.5.C672 F74 2020
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Freeman, Tyrone McKinley, 1973- author.
- Series:
- New Black studies series
- The new black studies series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Walker, C. J., Madam, 1867-1919.
- Walker, C. J.
- African American women executives--Biography.
- African American women executives.
- Women philanthropists--United States--Biography.
- Women philanthropists.
- Cosmetics industry--United States--History.
- Cosmetics industry.
- History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- pages cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- "Founder of a beauty empire, Madam C. J. Walker was celebrated as America's first self-made female millionaire in the early 1900s. Known as a leading African American entrepreneur, Walker was also devoted to an activist philanthropy aimed at empowering African Americans and challenging the injustices inflicted by Jim Crow. Tyrone McKinley Freeman's biography highlights how giving shaped Walker's life before and after she became wealthy. Poor and widowed when she arrived in St. Louis in her twenties, Walker found mentorship among black churchgoers and working black women. Her adoption of faith, racial uplift, education, and self-help soon informed her dedication to assisting black women's entrepreneurship, financial independence, and activism. Walker embedded her philanthropy in how she grew her business, forged alliances with groups like the National Association of Colored Women, funded schools and social service agencies led by African American women, and enlisted her company's sales agents in local charity and advocacy work. Illuminating and dramatic, Madam C. J. Walker's Gospel of Giving broadens our understanding of black women's charitable giving and establishes Walker as a foremother of African American philanthropy"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Making Madam C.J. Walker
- Opportunity
- Education
- Activism
- Material resources
- Legacy
- Epilogue : Madam C.J. Walker and African American philanthropy in the twenty-first century.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Shober Family Fund bookplate.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John Louis Haney Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Freeman, Tyrone McKinley, 1973- Madam C. J. Walker's gospel of giving
- ISBN:
- 9780252085352
- 9780252043451
- 0252043456
- 0252085353
- OCLC:
- 1142518933
- Publisher Number:
- 99985513038
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