Chicken Parmesan Sandwich - $10.95
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Sarah Breedlove (Aka: Madam C.J. Walker)
(1867-1919)
Sarah's parents and elder siblings were slaves when Sarah was born and became the first child in her family born into freedom after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. Her mother died of yellow fever when Sarah was 5 and then her father died of yellow fever shortly afterward. Sarah became orphaned at the age of 6 and she married at 14 to escape the mistreatment from her abusive brother in law's household. Three years later her daughter Lelia was born and by the time Sarah was 20, her husband was killed in an accident. As a widowed single mother, she decided on moving to St Louis to start a new life and left with only her baby and a boat ticket. She found work as a washer woman and although she only earned about $1.50 a day, set money aside every week to save for her daughter's education. By the time Lelia graduated high school, Sarah was able to put her through collage in Knoxville Tennessee. She then married a 2nd time but did not last very long and they divorced. Sarah developed issues with her hair falling out and wanted to fix it. She told her friends that she asked God to keep her hair from falling out and after some divine help was able to invent the correct mixture to prevent this. At this point she knew what she wanted to do and started her own hair care line and married a third time to Charles Joseph Walker and became known as Madame C.J. Walker. She traveled the country selling her hair care and cosmetic products and training other woman on its uses. She became so successful that she soon built a factory in Indianapolis, a hair salon, a beauty school and a collage to train "hair culturists". Madame Walker became the first female Millionaire in America and expanded her company internationally. She employed thousands all over the country helping her staff build homes and encouraging them to pursue their dreams. She became a philanthropist and acquired a passion to teach and train other black woman on independence, budgeting, and grooming in order to help them build their own businesses. She held the first national meetings of American woman brought together to discuss business and commerce. We Salute Madame Walker for overcoming so many setbacks early in life and proving to define the American dream through her hard work, determination, and passion inspiring so many others to can do the same...