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Her Dream of Dreams: The Rise and Triumph of Madam C. J. Walker

By Beverly Lowry

Publisher: Knopf Alfred A 2003

ISBN: 0679446427

MY HERO recommends this book to readers of all age groups.

Synopsis
Lowry (creative nonfiction, George Mason U.) tells how a child born in a sharecropper's cabin to former slaves invented a hair-care product for African-American women, sold it successfully in a city she had just moved to, turned her little business into an empire, renovated a Harlem townhouse, filled it with treasures, and entertained there the most influential figures of her time. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

User Reviews:

From: diamond myers | Date: 4/23/2010 1:05 AM

i think madam c.j. walker invented something that changed a life-time in african american hair.

From: Ariel Brown | Date: 12/10/2009 2:36 AM

I reallly Loved it...........Great Book!!!!!!!! :)

From: cece | Date: 11/2/2009 9:57 AM

i luv the book im readin 4 my 4th time!

From: | Date: 2/17/2009 10:46 PM

real interesting

From: Maya K. | Date: 2/17/2009 1:16 AM

I really admire Madam CJ Walker.She is my hero.I am doing a report on her for my school.

From: Monique Butler | Date: 2/16/2009 5:39 AM

i think Madame Cj Walker was a great person and very wise in a way

From: janie from northwest | Date: 2/11/2009 6:46 AM

also known as sarah Breedlove is a very inspirational person she helped all african american woman with there hair.

From: kia b | Date: 2/5/2009 12:06 AM

i love madam c.j walker im only 16 and i want to become a cosomotologist and i really look up to her she makes me want to better myself
:) thanx miss walker

From: legend lucas | Date: 1/14/2009 5:27 AM

i would like to dearly say thank u thank u thanku to madam cj walker she is a great inspiration she helped me realize that i can be whoever i wanted to be if i jst put my mind in it.THANK U MADAM CJ WALKER FOR THE HAIR PRODCYS AND EVERYTHING U DO R.I.P

From: DeArnee Hillie | Date: 12/2/2008 3:03 AM

I Just Wanted to say May You Rest In Peace Knowing That you left the world with a huge accomplishment. Thank you Madam

From: slim shaddy | Date: 9/16/2008 8:03 AM

madam c j walker is the best.she was the first one to bring out cosmetology.am sorry she had to rest in peace

From: Sum1 | Date: 5/27/2008 1:21 AM

This Was A Cool Book!

From: Amaris | Date: 4/8/2008 5:35 AM

i would jus like to say thank you for your help in changing black history and allowing us coloreds to have something to be proud of and to go out anywhere and look good. Mrs. Walker is an inspriation to me and my peers because we would be walkn aroung looking like we dont know what to do so i just want to thank you Mrs. Walker for all your inventions and for you in believeing in your self because you didnt have to make anything but you did.

From: Ashley Browm | Date: 4/8/2008 5:31 AM

I would like to thank Mrs. Walker for her allowing to make products that we use today because with out her are hair would be nappy and a mess. She allowed me to want to fulfill my dream in becoming a cosmotolgist and i look up to her as a role model and ima keep pushing myself to invent a hair product everyone would use no matter what color. i thank her for allowing us coloreds to have good looking hair and to look jus as good as anybody else.

From: KAYLA TAYLOR | Date: 3/26/2008 9:13 AM

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MADAME FOR BEING A GOOD PERSON AND SHOWING GOOD CITIZEN SHIP
FOR ME

FROM,
A NINE YEAR-OLD

From: Brandi Toliver | Date: 2/23/2008 10:35 PM

the book was great i enjoyed it

From: Honey | Date: 2/21/2008 5:51 AM

I would like to thank Madame CJ Walker because she is an inspiration to me. With out her there would probably be no ivention of the hair products. Also she showed that no matter where you came from you can still succeed in any thing that you want to do.

From: Sarayah love | Date: 2/19/2008 7:44 AM

I love madame cj walker and she is a real inspiration to me and my sisters .She has inspired me to go to a cosmetics school

From: Janae' | Date: 2/18/2008 11:47 PM

I just thank God for Madam CJ Walker for everything that she has done. Especially for the African Americans. She really has made a big impact in life.

From: Shasha | Date: 2/14/2008 4:46 AM

Madame Cj Walker helped me to improve the way I wear my hair!!

From: teesha | Date: 2/12/2008 8:27 AM

madame c j walker is good

From: neice neal | Date: 2/7/2008 3:51 AM

i want to thank god for Madam C.J. Walker!!!

From: shy | Date: 2/7/2008 12:17 AM

ms. walker was a great person an inventor she invented some thing that use every single day an i like and honor that she should still be alive so she can see what people think and do with her great invention

From: Samara Brown | Date: 1/25/2008 12:37 AM

I love Madame C.J. Walker very much and wish she could've lived longer so I could go to her house and ask questions on her latest invention, and she thought she should do it.

From: Shelyntay Franklin | Date: 1/13/2008 10:57 PM

I would like to thank Madam for her products that are useful today

From: Krystal | Date: 11/29/2007 6:05 AM

No I disagree with Jerricas statement Madame C's products are still out there.

Ever heard of the HOT COMB!

Anyway Madame C is the best and I thank her for making such a fantastic product to straighten this nappy hair.

From: jontae | Date: 10/25/2007 4:34 AM

I really like finding out information about her she was just one of the best things that happened to the U.S.A and she is just very instresting she truly is my hero.

From: Emma Watson | Date: 6/10/2007 8:49 AM

I really want to know all about her, but I cannot find nothing. She is really good.

A good place to begin is the MY HERO story about Madam CJ Walker.
http://myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=cj_walker
-- The MY HERO Library Staff

From: Jerrica | Date: 5/15/2007 5:37 AM

For those who say "I love her products" How can you say that when her proucts are no longer in stock since 1985? Let's be real shall we. So for that comment ....I thank her for her breakthrough in history for women of color.

From: the other side | Date: 4/6/2007 1:16 AM

i respect her for what she has did for the treatment for our hair..but I think the perm was a bad move..because what people don't realize is that even though you say "I like my hair straight adn/or relaxed," it's because you have conformed to "the white man's" expectations or you are imitating someone else. Just be you. So, even though Madam CJ Walker deserves acknowledgement for her inventions, if I could go back I would tell her not to invent the perm...but still make her other contributions.

From: samonerandall | Date: 2/27/2007 11:00 PM

she is not like any other person in the world and i really look up to her even if sh is not with us she is still in uor hearts that why i love madam c j walker

From: Kesha Smith | Date: 2/22/2007 5:24 AM

Madame C.J. Walker is a great historical person.I like her because she thought about people's hair which is good and i like to do hair

From: Sarah | Date: 2/21/2007 9:49 AM

Hi, my school does this thing evry year where all the grade six students must do a biogrpahy project. Ihad no idea who to do, but then i remembered the movie Beauty Shop and it srta talks about madame cj walker and i decided to do her. I never knew how amazing she really was i'm so happy i chose her as my person for the biography!

  p.s.  i read the book: " The rise and triumph of madame cj walker"

she will truly never be forgotten

From: makiko owens | Date: 2/21/2007 5:20 AM

i thank madam walker 4 her invention! i dont know what we would do without her

From: rene | Date: 2/15/2007 12:20 AM

her products are the best.

From: TORNEISHA WILLIAMS | Date: 2/14/2007 1:03 AM

MADAM C.J. WALKER IS A REALLY BEAUTIFUL
LADY AND HER PICTURE IS BEAUTIFUL TOO.
ALSO THANK-YOU FOR THE HAIR SUPPPLIES.
BECAUSE IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE HAIR STUFF
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. AND I WOULDN'T USE WATER BECAUSE THAT KIND OF PROJECT LIKE TO ME. BUT JUST WANTED TO DROP YOU A FEW LINES TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

From: Dearrah Jones | Date: 2/12/2007 11:16 PM

I would like to thank madam c.j. walker for all her wonderfull products she has made.Thanks to her my family has long pretty hair!!!

From: Sha'Kyiah Saddler | Date: 2/7/2007 10:20 PM

I think the late Madame CJ Walker was an excellent trendsetter for all African American Women who care a lot about their hair. To me, she is the great one and she will always be the great one.

R.I.P Madame CJ Walker

From: Andrea Geter | Date: 2/6/2007 3:44 AM

I do hair and if it wasn't for Madam C.J Walker I would have a big problem parting hair before I braided it. In all seriousness it is good to have great educated black women documented!!!!

From: chakala collins | Date: 1/31/2007 9:47 AM

I loved the book it was great

From: Keneisha Watson | Date: 1/16/2007 6:09 AM

How could I put Madam C.J. Walker I really want to thank you for creating something that nobody would probably ever thought of. I use the hot comb almost evey day if it wasnt for you I dont know what my hair would look like. Anyway I hope you rest in peace . We all love you !!

From: quinissa mason | Date: 1/9/2007 9:47 PM

I will always honor Madam C.J. Walker for her hair care ideas and inventions because if she didnt african americans hair would be out of line and off track and the perm and the hot comb was a life saver for us.

From: Shondia | Date: 12/13/2006 4:26 AM

I DOING A INVENTER CARD IN MADAME CJ WALKER AND I NEED A  PICTURE OF HER HAIR CARE PRODUCTS

The Indiana Historical Society has a wonderful collection of digital images of Madam CJ Walker, her work and her products.
http://images.indianahistory.org/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=/m0399

-- The MY HERO Library Staff

From: Sherry Dawson | Date: 11/30/2006 6:07 AM

I would like 2 thank Madam C.J Walker because if it wasn"t 4 her my hair would be very nappy. I thank her so much now that I do everytime I have a my project on her every year,every since  4th grade.                                                                                                                                THANK YOU MADAM C.J WALKER!!!!!!!!!!

From: bree | Date: 10/18/2006 9:00 AM

i would really like to thank madame cj walker for her hard work in making the hair care products for us to be beautiful on the inside and the outside!!:)

From: chantelle | Date: 7/27/2006 11:10 PM

i would like to thank madam c.j walker for the time she spent making useful hair products

From: Keiohna | Date: 5/22/2006 12:18 AM

Madam Walker is really an inspiration to me to triumph to victory.

From: ARIEL | Date: 5/3/2006 9:02 AM

I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO THANK MADAM CJ WALKER FOR HER INVENTIONS.

From: Gigi Slack | Date: 5/2/2006 2:54 AM

I always thought of madam c.j. walker as a great hero to everyone all people who came from nothing and ended up with something great like her.

From: JANACIA GRANT | Date: 2/28/2006 11:12 PM

I really like this book!

From: Janae | Date: 2/28/2006 12:18 AM

I am 10 years old and im doing a project on Madam and i cant find pictures of her shampoo.

The Indiana Historical Society has a wonderful collection of digital images of Madam CJ Walker, her work and her products.

http://images.indianahistory.org/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=/m0399

-- The MY HERO Library Staff

From: LaTonya Williams | Date: 1/30/2006 2:38 AM

I will alwas honor madam c.j. walker as my hero she is one of the reasons why my family has good, long, pretty hair now like any other african american i will always honor our african americans heroes

From: Tiannah | Date: 2/24/2005 4:28 AM

i  am  looking  for  Madam  cj  walker's  hair  care  products  photos

Some of Madam CJ Walker's products were Vegetable Shampoo, Wonderful Hair Grower, and Glossine.

-- The MY HERO Library

From: Nicole Pollard | Date: 2/14/2005 9:15 AM

I really liked the book. It was very inspirational

From: cassandra ortiz | Date: 1/27/2005 8:57 AM

i really liked it

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