Madam C. J. Walker

Activist

1867-12-23

Quotes by Madam C. J. Walker

• I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South. From there I was promoted to the washtub. From there I was promoted to the cook kitchen. And from there I promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair goods and preparations.

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• As I bent over the washboard and looked at my arms buried in soapsuds, I said to myself, 'What are you going to do when you grow old and your back gets stiff?' This set me to thinking, but with all my thinking I couldn't see how a poor washerwoman was going to better my condition.

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• Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.

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• I feel that I am in a business that is a credit to the womanhood of our race.

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• If I have accomplished anything in life, it is because I have been willing to work hard.

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