Developing a cure for baldness may not have been her greatest achievement, however.
In addition to employing handreds of black men and woman in her company, she helped thousands of woman become successful businesswoman.
She opened a school where they could learn the Walker method.
After they graduated, her students then used her products in their own hair-care businesses.
At a time when most black woman worked as maids, cooks, washerwoman, or unskilled factory workers, C.J. Walker had great wealth.