1. Black History Month
African American Women
THE SPIRIT OF BLACK WOMEN
PRESENTED BY
A’ L E L I A B U N D L E S
D E PA R T M E N T O F T H E T R E A S U R Y
FEBRUARY 1 6 , 2 0 1 2
W W W. A L E L I A B U N D L E S . C O M
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2. The Spirit of
African American
Women
Black History
Month 2012
Judith Jamison
Director Emeritus
Alvin Ailey
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3. 1985
Michelle Robinson graduates
from Princeton
1988
Michelle Robinson graduates
from Harvard Law School
1992
Michelle Robinson marries
Barack Obama
2009
Michelle Obama becomes First First Lady Michelle Obama
Lady of the United States
1964 -
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4. Viola Davis
1965 Born in South Carolina
2001 Tony Award- “King
Hedley II”
2008 Academy Award
Nomination – “Doubt”
2010 Tony Award Best
Actress- “Fences”
2012 Screen Actors Guild
Award – “The Help”
2012 Academy Award
Nomination – “The Help”
Viola Davis
SAG Award Winner
Oscar Nominee
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5. Black women
are not
predictable…
cannot be
stereotyped
Elegant Equestrian
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6. 1862
First black woman
college graduate Jane
Patterson Oberlin
1881
Spelman College
founded
Spelman College Students
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7. DEPARMENT OF THE TREASURY
Azie Taylor Morton 36th Treasurer of the U.S.
1936 - 2003 1977 - 1981
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8. AFRICAN AMERICANS AT TREASURY
Blanche K. Bruce Register of the Treasury
1841 – 1898 1881–1885 and 1897-1898
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9. AFRICAN AMERICANS AT TREASURY
Judson W. Lyons Register of the Treasury
1860 – 1924 1898 – 1906
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10. AFRICAN AMERICANS AT TREASURY
William Tecumseh Vernon Register of the Treasury
1871 - 1944 1906 – 1911
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11. AFRICAN AMERICANS AT TREASURY
James C. Napier Register of the Treasury
1845 - 1940 1911 – 1913
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12. BUSINESS
Ursula Burns Marie Johns
Former CEO Verizon DE
CEO Xerox
Deputy Director, SBA
1958 -
1951 -
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13. FINANCE/BANKING
Maggie Lena Walker Carla Harris
Bank President Investment Banker
1864 - 1934 1963
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14. AVIATION/MILITARY
Mildred Hemmon Carter General Marcelite Harris
First licensed black women pilot in Alabama
Rejected from the WASPS
First Black Woman General USAF
19 21-2011 1943 -
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15. AVIATION
Bessie Coleman Mae Jemison
1892 - 1926 1956 -
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16. ENERGY
Shirley Ann Jackson Vicky Bailey
Physicist/Chair Nuclear Reg Comm Former FERC Commissioner
1946 - 1952 -
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17. HEALTH CARE
Susie King Taylor Helene Gayle
Nurse and Teacher
1848-1912 CEO of CARE
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18. JOURNALISM
Charlotta Bass Gwen Ifill
Publisher California Eagle Moderator “Week in Review”
1874-1969 1956 -
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19. EDUCATION
Mary McLeod Bethune Ruth Simmons
President, Bethune Cookman College President. Brown University
1875 - 1975 1945 -
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20. DIPLOMACY
Patricia Roberts Harris Susan Rice
Ambassador/Cabinet Sec’y U.S. Ambassador to the UN
1924 - 1985 1964 -
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21. JUDICIARY
Constance Baker Motley Deborah Batts
Federal Judge Federal Judge
1921 - 2005 1947 -
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22. ELECTED OFFICIALS
Barbara Jordan Kamala Harris
Congresswoman, Texas Attorney General California
1936 - 1996 1964
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23. POLITICAL ACTIVISTS
Ida B. Wells Melissa Harris-Perry
1862 -1931 1973 -
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24. SPORTS
Althea Gibson Venus & Serena Williams
Wimbledon 1957 Wimbledon
1927 - 2003 2000, 2002 etc
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25. THEATRE
Lorraine Hansberry Lynn Nottage
1930 - 1965 1964 -
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26. LITERATURE/PULITZER PRIZE
Gwendolyn Brooks Toni Morrison
1917 - 2000 1931 -
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27. OPERA
Sissieretta Jones Denyce Graves
1869 - 1933 1964 -
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28. DANCE/CHOREOGRAPHY
Aida Overton Walker Judith Jamison
Dancer/Choreographer Dancer/Choreographer
1880 - 1914 1943
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29. ENTREPRENEURS
Madam C. J. Walker Titi and Miko Branch
1867 - 1919 Founders, Miss Jessie’s
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30. 1867
Sarah Breedlove is born
1881
Marries Moses McWilliams
1885
Daughter Lelia is born
1888 Birthplace of Sarah Breedlove
Delta, Louisiana 1867
McWilliams Dies
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31. MADAM WALKER’S MANSION
Villa Lewaro 1924 Walker Agents Convention
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32. 1888-1905
Sarah Breedlove
McWilliams
moves to St.
Louis
Works as a
washerwoman
Discovers hair
care formula
1906 Madam Walker’s Early
Moves to Denver
Advertisement Photos
Founds company
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33. Madam Walker
develops a line of
products
1906 - 1908
Travels throughout
the United States
1908
Moves to Pittsburgh
Founds Lelia College
of Beauty Culture Madam Walker’s Original Products
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34. PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION
Madam Walker 1908 Madam Walker 1909
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35. 1908 – 1918
Developing a
business
Madam Walker with her Ohio
agents
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36. 1910
Madam Walker
Moves to
Indianapolis
Madam Walker in Indianapolis
1912
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37. Philanthropist
$1000 YMCA
$5000 NAACP
$5000
Daytona Normal
Institute
Madam Walker with Booker T. Washington
$95,000
1913 YMCA Dedication
Bequests Indianapolis, Indiana
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38. HARLEM
136th Street Home Madam Walker
School of Beauty Culture
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39. INSTITUTION
BUILDER
AND
POLITICAL
ACTIVIST
Madam Walker
organized her agents
into state and local
clubs in preparation
for her first national
Walker Beauty
Culturists
Convention in
August 1917 Walker Beauty Culturists Convention
Philadelphia | August 1917
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40. LEAVING A LEGACY
On Her Own Ground:
Madam C. J. Walker Stamp
The Life and Times of Madam Walker
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41. LEAVING A LEGACY
Villa Lewaro Madam Walker Theatre Center
Irvington-on-Hudson, NY Indianapolis, IN
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42. MADAM WALKER’S SECRET TO SUCCESS
Madam C. J. Walker Giving Herself a Start!
 “There is no royal flower strewn path to
success…and if there is, I have not
found it for whatever success I have
attained has been the result of much
hard work and many sleepless nights.”
 “I got my start by giving myself a start.
So don’t sit down and wait for
opportunity to come. You have to get
up and make it for yourself!!”
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43. On Her Own Ground by A’Lelia Bundles
The Association of Black Women Historians’
On Her Own Ground: The Life and Best Book on Black Women’s History 2001
Times of Madam C. J. Walker
A New York Times Notable Book 2001
 To purchase the book
 1) visit the “shop” at
www.aleliabundles.com
 2) go to www.Amazon.com
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44. Madam Walker Websites
WWW.MADAMCJWALKER.COM
WWW.ALELIABUNDLES.COM
WWW.MADAMWALKERFAMILYARCHIVES.WORDPRESS.COM
ON FACEBOOK
“MADAM C. J. WALKER BIOGRAPHY”
“MADAM WALKER AND A’LELIA WALKER
FAMILY ARCHIVES”
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