Sarah Breedlove McWilliams Walker was the first American female self-made millionaire. However, before she became amillion aire,life wasn't easy for young Sarah. Her parents died, and Sarah was an orphan at the age of 7. For a time,Sarah and her sister were cotton pickers. By the age of 14, Sarah was already married. Her husband died two years later, and she went to live with her brothers. They were barbers.
In the 1890s, Sarah lost some of her hair. At that time, there were no good products in the stores for this problem. In fact, there weren't a lot of hair care products for African Americans in those days. Sarah saw that there was an opportunity for a new business, so she invented "Madam Walker's Wonderful Hair Grower" The business grew. Soon there were other "Madam Walker" products,such as shampoos and cosmetics. She was very successful and eventually became a millionaire.