1 10 1 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/12374/archive/files/27ce4b0cc4107dbbd550f74cce6a5e4d.gif?Expires=1774483200&Signature=Ay0w%7EM7qD94xFeUSzhOPDWRzlP7dio8AYTxRsqk81XshJHPyWO8Mpa%7Em6vktFGoruH4%7EDVMuuVuUPVJkgaEBEj5D6%7EuqVQLQdZPsUJLlokrliWeA9tz3Mx4aWF4t64gv95lu5fU%7EO774x2GOlBJGjm83nIcXKo4XpHaL16J%7EbyiClg0XtbMvxmXPfdc-6nCg2O8krWLlU0TCBNjbQar9ISGP2GPTQGVugm15vHizj-xJO1EKnSBG4qWMxy5IQmzgxHfbw64tpwpmJEdo-mB4P2wSykxVBiaaT9lZdnKmpZQrKnPqw2sbYdiOVjDopt%7EDo8iRtZnIrTASWFvDhTYWzg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM a596d565547c78d6c8f15e0b5eb946a2 Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 4 Channels 3 Height 310 Width 216 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Leadership/Governance Description An account of the resource The leadership and governance collection highlights those women who dared to lead or govern. These women may have led countries or industries. They may have governed organizations or companies. Because women have historically been excluded from positions of power, it is important to acknowledge those women who were able to achieve positions at the top. Although a glass ceiling still exists in most societies, these women give us hope that someday that ceiling will be destroyed and that top roles in a company, government, or institution will fairly represent the half of the population comprised of women. Person An individual, biographical data, birth and death, etc. Birth Date 1867 Birthplace Delta, Louisiana, USA Death Date 1919 Occupation Entrepreneur Biographical Text Sarah Breedlove, better known as Madam C.J. Walker, is generally regarded as the first female self-made millionaire in the United States. She was an entrepreneur who saw a need and capitalized on it. There were few beauty products for black women. Walker's hair products, then, reinforced the femininity and beauty of black women, while attempting to ease real problems like dry scalp. In 1905, she first released "Madam Walker's Wonderful Hair Grower." Although critics, such as Booker T. Washington, worried that her product would lead to the internalization by black women of white concepts of beauty, Walker marketed her hair solution as helping hair grow—not straightening it. A successful marketer, Walker put the Madam in front of her name to give off a European feel. Walker also placed her image on her growing line of products, an excellent marketing move towards immediate brand recognition. She went door to door selling her products and eventually hired agents to help sell her growing product line. She organized the agents into clubs and gave them incentives to promote her values. Walker preached hygiene along with beauty and aided racial advance. She was a generous philanthropist who gave to civil rights organizations, social reform groups, and scholarships for young women. Bibliography Colman, Penny. Madam C.J. Walker: Building a Business Empire. (Millbrook Press,1994). Due, Tananarive. The Black Rose: the Dramatic Story of Madam C.J. Walker, America's First Black Female Millionaire. (Ballantine Books, 2007)> <a title="Madam CJ Walker Site" href="http://www.madamcjwalker.com/#&panel1-1">Madam CJ Walker Site: </a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Madam C.J. Walker Subject The topic of the resource Business Description An account of the resource African-American woman who started a successful beauty company and encouraged US citizens to see black women as beautiful Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Amy French Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Image: Scurbrook Studio, public domain beauty products businesswomen entrepreneur female businesses