Madam C.J. Walker: She had a dream — Local playwright Kami Shalom brings the first self-made female millionaire’s story to life.
Despite conventional wisdom, Madam C.J. Walker did not invent the straightening comb. The woman who started life as Sarah Breedlove of Louisiana — the first child in her family born into freedom, in 1867 — earned fame and fortune through ingenuity, innovation and hard work. Despite hard times and loss, Walker is regarded as America’s […]