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Mar 27, 2020 · Madame CJ Walker's granddaughter, Fairy Mae Bryant, eventually went on to take over the family business, as portrayed in Netflix's Self-Made. Fairy Mae was adopted by A'Lelia Walker at age 15.
A'Lelia Walker (born Lelia McWilliams; June 6, 1885 – August 17, 1931) was an American businesswoman and patron of the arts. She was the only surviving child of Madam C. J. Walker , popularly credited as being the first self-made female millionaire in the United States and one of the first African American millionaires.
Mar 29, 2020 · Indianapolis-born Fairy Mae Bryant first endeared herself to Madam C.J. Walker as a haircare model, but Fairy Mae's connection to the Walkers grew, and eventually Lelia adopted her in 1912.
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Mar 27, 2020 · Madam C.J. Walker's Irvington, NY mansion was named after A'Lelia. When Madam C.J moved to New York to be closer to her daughter she purchased a mansion in Irvington, New York for $250,000 (which ...
Mar 20, 2020 · Her Adopted Daughter Mae Took Over the Family Company After She Died. The new Bowery Boys podcast — the story Madam C.J. Walker, Harlem’s self-made millionaire, and her daughter A’Lelia ...
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Mar 20, 2020 · When A'Lelia died in 1931, Mae took over the Walker cosmetics company, which she ran until her death in 1945. She started a literary salon called the Dark Tower. After moving to New York, the Walker women completely renovated two adjacent brownstones on West 136th street, turning them into a complex that both housed the Walker Beauty Parlor ...
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With an eye towards a Walker heir, the November 1923 wedding was A’Lelia Walker’s scheme to unite two prosperous black families: Mae with her inheritance from Madam Walker, who had died in 1919, and Dr. Gordon H. Jackson, the grandson of a Cincinnati coal dealer, who had been one of the 19th century’s wealthiest black businessmen.
