Walker

Madam C J Walker

  • 1910 BCE

    Headquarters location

    Walker relocated her business to Indianapolis, where she established the headquarters
  • 1908 BCE

    opened up a beauty parlor

    they opened a beauty parlor and established Lelia College to train "hair culturists."
  • 1906 BCE

    started up her business

    she became known as Madam C. J. Walker and marketed herself as an independent hairdresser and retailer of cosmetic creams
  • 1906 BCE

    Daughter helping out

    Walker put her daughter in charge of the mail order operation in Denver while she and her husband traveled throughout the southern and eastern United States to expand the business