Madam C. J. Walker

“I have made it possible for many colored women to abandon the washtub for a more pleasant and profitable occupation.”

“Perseverance is my motto!”

“I have always held myself out as a hair culturist. I grow hair.”

“I have built my own factory on my own ground, 38 by 208 feet. I employ in that factory seven people, including a bookkeeper, a stenographer, a cook and a housegirl.”