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Yes, she did. She was 34 and then she was awarded a prize 4 this wonderful accomplishment.
The previous answer is not accurate. Madam Walker was still working as a washerwoman when she was when she was 34 years old. She started selling hair care products around 1904 when she was 37 years old and founded her own company in 1906. She purchased hot combs manufactured by other vendors and did not make hot combs. She also did not invent them.
Source: On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker by A'Lelia Bundles
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ReneNo, Madam Walker did not invent the hot comb and she did not invent or use chemical hair straighteners. Her original products were a vegetable shampoo and "Madam Walker's Wonderful Hair Grower," which were part of a hygiene system to cleanse and condition black women's hair and scalp. For more information see the FAQs and Hair sections of www.madamcjwalker.com no she just invented the straightner
no but a straightnere is also a hot comb same lenghth same color and same black woman who made it check your answere before you writer it .
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What is madam cj walker famous for?
While the person who first answered this question wrote "madam c.j. walker is famous for inventing the hot comb". . .this statement is not true. Madam Walker did NOT invent the hot comb. Hot combs appear in Bloomingdales and Sears catalogs as early as 1890 when Madam C. J. Walker was still Sarah Breedlove McWilliams, a poor washerwoman, and long before she began her hair care business in 1906. Source: On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker by A'Lelia Bundles and www.madamcjwalker.com
Did Madam C J Walker invent the hair relaxer?
No, Madam C. J. Walker did not invent hair relaxer and did not sell any products with chemical hair relaxers. She also did not invent the straightening comb. There were chemical hair relaxers being used and being sold before she founded the Mme. C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company in 1906. Hot combs were sold by Sears and Bloomingdales as early as 1890. Madam Walker developed a line of hair care products for African American women and a system of hair and scalp care that she called "beauty culture." Like her contemporaries Elizabeth Arden, Helena Rubinstein and Annie Malone, she was a pioneer of the modern cosmetics and hair care industries.
How did Madam CJ Walker become the first female African American Millionaire?
Madam CJ Walker became the first African American millionaire by owning a business dedicated to hair care products for African Americans. She also invented the hot comb.
Why is madam cj walker's invention important?
her invention helped revolutionize the way black women styled their hair by combining the use of the hot comb with her hair care products.
What was madame cj walker invention?
Madam CJ Walker was America's first female millionaire. She created, and owned a company geared towards hair care products for African Americans. She also invented the 'hot comb.'
