How Did Madam C. J. Walker Influence The Women's Rights Movement

Latoya Tanilus
Mrs. Osking
ENC1101/ Period 6
7 November 2017
Issues that Madam C. J. Walker addressed
“I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them”(A-Z quotes.com). Madam C. J. Walker was such an influential individual that revised the outlook toward African- Americans. She helped changed history because she created great hair products for African Americans, but also helped end issues that were in her era. Madam C. J. Walker made hair products, for she also helped put a stop to lynching and gain women’s rights for African- Americans.
First of all, Madam C. J. Walker’s hair products influenced so many African-American especially in her era. It

Walker adjoin a faction of Harlem leaders who presented a petition to stop lynching while visiting the White House. She was a civil right activist, and she was part of the delegation that traveled to the White House to petition President Woodrow Wilson to make lynching a federal crime (Bundles). She took most of profits of her company and put it into the black communities and organization to help campaign, promote, and expand. Walker contributed five thousand dollars in the NAACP’s movement of anti-lynching while being involved in the Harlem’s political and social life. She also donated a lot of money to educational schools and opened a college named Lelia College for individuals to be train as “hair culturists”. Walker created hair producers, and she also help end lynching along with other roles to fulfilled, but she one major role she play a part in was helping women gain rights.
Finally, Walker was a feminist, and she promoted female abilities by making sure that women were advocated to president of her own companies to ensure the rights that women were given. When her company expanded tremendously she enlisted women to sell her products, so that they can have a better living for themselves and have better jobs. Also, her products helped women earn money to provided a good education to their children and to build a home for

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