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“Madam Walker's legacy lives in her philanthropy as well as in an amazing line of hair care products.”
“I was like other teenagers in the late 1960s; I too was very interested in having an Afro and getting rid of the perm that was in my hair.”
“God puts pack rats together with non-pack rats.”
“I have lived almost seven decades. So I've had my hair journey where I wasn't comfortable with my hair.”
“Inner confidence is what makes us successful.”
“I hope that people will be inspired by Madam Walker's story. I hope that they will see her as a complex human being, and that they will want to dig more deeply, that they will want to know the details of her life.”
“And mothers and daughters - mothers need to help their daughters love their hair. And some mothers know how to do this, and some mothers help their daughters love their hair.”
“We live in a culture where European beauty standards are dominant.”
“Through the years, Madam Walker has certainly become a staple of anything that has to do with black history, women's history and entrepreneurship.”
“We all draw inspiration from women whose names make the headlines and whose stories are in the history books, but often our greatest inspiration comes from our mothers, grandmothers, aunts, teachers, and friends.”