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and the first African-American female millionaire. Born on a cotton plantation and married at age 14, widowed by 16, she supported herself and her daughter and put her daughter through college while working as a laundress. However, Madame C.J. Walker, whose motto was, “I get myself a start by giving myself a start,” invented and started a home delivery service for hair care products. By 1900 she had 20,000 “field agents,” women who sold her
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