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Sarah is born in Delta Louisiana to Owen and Minerva Breedlove.
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At age six Sarah's parents die of yellow fever.
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Sarah has her first child named A'lelia.
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Sarah's husband Moses Mcwilliams dies.
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Sarah Breedlove developes a scalp disorder that causes her to lose much of her hair and she begins to expirement with both home remedies and stores-bought hair care treatments in a attempt to improve her condition.
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Breedlove"s husband helps her create advertisements for a hair care treatment that she is prefecting for African Americans.
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Sarah marries Charles Joseph Walker
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Breedlove's husband encourages her to use the more recognizable name "Madam C.J. Walker."
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Walker opens a factory and a beauty school in Pittsburgh.
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When Madam Walker transfers her business operations to Indianapolis, the Madam C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company becomes wildly successful, with profits that are the modern-day equivalent of several million dollars.
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Walker dies of hypertension (high blood pressure)
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At the time of her death Walker is the sole owner of her busness, which is valued at more than one million dollars.
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The Walker Building , an arts center that Walker had begun working on before her death is opened in Indianapolis. Now it is registered as a National Historic Landmark.
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The United States Postal Service issues a 32 cent stamp od Madam C.J. Walker as part of its "Black Heritage" series.