Madam C. J. Walker

Birth Name:
Sarah Breedlove
Birth Date:
December 23, 1867
Birth Place:
Delta, Fifth Military District, Louisiana
Death Date:
May 25, 1919
Place of Death:
Villa Lewaro (Madam C. J. Walker Estate), 67 N Broadway, Irvington, New York
Age:
51
Cause of Death:
Hypertension
Cemetery Name:
Woodlawn Cemetery
Claim to Fame:
Business and Finance
Madam C. J. Walker, an African-American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and a political and social activist who was the first female self-made millionaire in the United States. She became one of the wealthiest self-made women in America and one of the most successful women and African-American business owners in history. Walker's fortune was founded on her developing and marketing a line of beauty and hair products for black women.

Fun Fact

Madam Walker is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the first self-made American woman millionaire, who neither inherited her money or married someone who was a millionaire. At the time of her death, Madam Walker’s estate had an estimated value of $600,000 to $700,000 (equivalent to approximately $8.9 million to $10.4 million in 2020 dollars according to the CPI Inflation Calculator). The total sales of her company, the Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company, during the final year of her life reached more than $500,000, making the value of her company several times that amount. The combination of her personal assets (real estate, furnishings, jewelry, etc.) and the value of her business was well over $1,000,000 (equivalent to $14.9 million in 2020).

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Woodlawn Cemetery

4199 Webster Avenue

Bronx, New York, 10470

USA

North America

Map:

Grave Location:

Butternut, Section 141, Plot 14052

Grave Location Description

From the Jerome Avenue entrance drive straight ahead on Central Avenue. Turn left onto Park Avenue and head north for about 0.4 miles. Park your car at the intersection of Park Avenue and Filbert Avenue. Walk between the James mausoleum and the Miller mausoleum about 12 rows into the Butternut section for the final resting place of Madam C. J. Walker.

Grave Location GPS

40.893452, -73.877396

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FAQ's

Madam C. J. Walker was born on December 23, 1867.

Madam C. J. Walker was born in Delta, Fifth Military District, Louisiana.

Madam C. J. Walker died on May 25, 1919.

Madam C. J. Walker died in Villa Lewaro (Madam C. J. Walker Estate), 67 N Broadway, Irvington, New York.

Madam C. J. Walker was 51.

The cause of death was Hypertension.

Madam C. J. Walker's grave is in Woodlawn Cemetery

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