<p>Born just two years after the abolition of slavery, Madam C.J. Walker built a business empire by marketing her homemade haircare formula to the black community. Along the way, she became the United States’ first female self-made millionaire.</p><p>Our guests, Janine Sherman Barrois and Elle Johnson, helped bring Walker’s story to millions of viewers in the Netflix limited series, “Self Made.” They discuss Walker’s barrier-busting entrepreneurship, as well as her decision to use her own portrait as part of her brand.</p><p>See her trademark photograph here: <a href="https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.2008.20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.2008.20</a></p>
