Vision of Beauty: Candlewick Biographies: The Story of Sarah Breedlove Walker
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A vision of dignity and freedom and a powerful role model for girls and women of all races. "I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South. I was promoted from the fields to the washtubs. I promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair goods. I have built my own factory on
my own ground." Born December 23, 1867, Sarah Breedlove Walker was the first free-born child of sharecroppers in Delta, Louisiana. Life was hard, but slavery had ended, and the Breedlove family was free - and if you were free, you could dream. And dream she did. VISION OF BEAUTY follows Sarah Breedlove Walker's rise from a bleak world of poverty and discrimination to unprecedented success as a businesswoman and philanthropist. Through tenacity and faith, she discovered a cure for her own hair loss, then began marketing her original products through the Mme. C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company. Well known as a woman of economic independence, Madam Walker offered a vision of dignity and freedom for her people and a powerful role model for women and girls of all races.
Back matter includes an epilogue, an illustrator's note, sources, and an index.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 09/11/2012
ISBN: 9780763660925
Pages: 45
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.90w x 0.30d
Review Citations: Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2013 pg. 174 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 42456 / Vision of Beauty: The Story of Sarah Breedlove Walker
Reading Level: 6.3 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 1
my own ground." Born December 23, 1867, Sarah Breedlove Walker was the first free-born child of sharecroppers in Delta, Louisiana. Life was hard, but slavery had ended, and the Breedlove family was free - and if you were free, you could dream. And dream she did. VISION OF BEAUTY follows Sarah Breedlove Walker's rise from a bleak world of poverty and discrimination to unprecedented success as a businesswoman and philanthropist. Through tenacity and faith, she discovered a cure for her own hair loss, then began marketing her original products through the Mme. C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company. Well known as a woman of economic independence, Madam Walker offered a vision of dignity and freedom for her people and a powerful role model for women and girls of all races.
Back matter includes an epilogue, an illustrator's note, sources, and an index.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 09/11/2012
ISBN: 9780763660925
Pages: 45
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.90w x 0.30d
Review Citations: Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2013 pg. 174 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 42456 / Vision of Beauty: The Story of Sarah Breedlove Walker
Reading Level: 6.3 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 1