If she could create a hair product that worked for her, she could start her own business. Some people believe that Sarah studied the hair product she used and added her own "secret" substance. But Sarah said she invented the mixture with God's help. By solving her hair problem, she had found a way to improve her life.
Sarah decided to move west to Denver, Colorado. She did not want to compete with companies in Saint Louis that made hair-care products. For the first time in her life, Sarah left the area along the Mississippi River where she was born. Sarah found a job in Denver as a cook. She cooked and washed clothes during the day.
At night she worked on her hair products. She tested them on herself and on her friends. The products helped their hair. Sarah began selling her products from house to house. He was a newspaperman who had become her friend and adviser. From then on, Sarah used the name Madam C. Madam Walker organized women to sell her hair treatment.
She established Walker schools of beauty culture throughout the country to train the saleswomen. The saleswomen became known as "Walker Agents. Madam Walker worked hard at her business. She traveled to many American cities to help sell her products.
She also traveled to the Caribbean countries of Jamaica, Panama, and Cuba. Her products had become popular there, too. It soon was employing three thousand people. Black women who could not attend her schools could learn the Walker hair care method through a course by mail. Hundreds, and later thousands, of black women learned her hair-care methods.
Madam Walker's products helped these women earn money to educate their children, build homes and start businesses. Madam Walker was very proud of what she had done.
She said that she had made it possible "for many colored women to abandon the washtub for more pleasant and profitable occupations. Pittsburgh was closer to cities on the Atlantic coast with large black populations, cities such as New York, Washington, D. Two years later, she established a laboratory and a factory in Indianapolis, Indiana. There, her products were developed and made. Some people criticized Madam Walker's products. They accused her of straightening black women's hair to make it look like white women's hair.
Some black clergymen said that if black people were supposed to have straight hair, God would have given it to them.
But Madam Walker said her purpose was to help women have healthy hair. She also said cleanliness was important. She established rules for cleanliness for her employees.
Her rules later led to state laws covering jobs involving beauty treatment. Walker became very rich and famous. She enjoyed her new life. She also shared her money.
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