A self-made millionnaire
She suffered from hair loss (she was losing her hair) BECAUSE she had a scalp disease.
CONSEQUENTLY, she created home-made products (for her hair loss) AND it worked!
AS A CONSEQUENCE, she decided to start a business BECAUSE she wanted to help many women in the same situation. SO, she created a line of beauty products.
She hired black women to sell her beauty products door-to-door.
Her business was a success. (Her business was successful. She was successful)
SO she made / earned a lot of money. (She became very rich.)
She used her money to help black people.
BEFORE she became a businesswoman she had moved to Denver. She had married Charles J.Walker AND had become Madam CJ Walker.
She is famous NOWADAYS because she was the first black woman to be a millionaire.
Vocabulary :
Start from scratch : partir de rien
Nowadays : de nos jours
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