Need a tip of what to watch next? Check out ‘Self Made’ on Netflix. It’s about the first female self-made millionaire, Madame CJ Walker (born Sarah Breedlove and played by Octavia Spencer). She made her fortune selling hair care and cosmetics products for African American women, a market which white men hadn’t quite yet broken into. She was also a patron of the arts, an activist and there’s this brilliant picture of her in this electric car she owned – in the 1900s!
“An African American washerwoman rises from poverty to build a beauty empire and become the first female self-made millionaire. Based on a true story.”
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