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BeautyAs a race we can truly say that we have come a long,long way. Up from the cotton fields of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South North Carolina, Louisiana, Florida, and the entire cotton belt. Yes from the snow capped mountains in the north to the shores of the Pacific in the west, and the great Atlantic Ocean, from sea to sea we have worked ,prayed and prospered! We pray that wpshall keep ’ presssing toward.Our pioneers, were strong, so shall we be also. As a Doctor of Beauty Concern, I cannot close without mentioning our pioneers in the fieldof Beauty Culture for Negro History Weekand Better Beauty Culture Weekcoincides. Therefore, I shall try to give you a birdeye view into the acts of our great pioneers. Please, come along with me and let us consider the three Negro pioneers in Beauty Culture. The late Mrs. Sarah Spencer Washington, Mrs. Annie Turnboe Malone, and Madam C. J. Walker.Many of our People do not know that the first pioneer on the American scene was the late Madam Annie Turnboe Malone. This great woman blazed the trail for others to follow. When she was born in Metropolitan , Illinois, no one who looked at the tiny Daughter of Robert and Isabella Cook Turnboe, dreamed that she would someday influence culturally and economically the lives of many women of color.The second pioneer appearedon the scene from Berkley, Virginia,die daughter of Jos-Cunurehua and. Ellen (Douglass)Phil-lips. She was educated in the public schools of Berkley, and Lincoln Prep School in Philadelphia and Norfork, Virginia. She was a dressmaker from 1905-1913; and a hairdresser from 1914-1915; a Manufactor of Beauty preparations from 1919 until her death. She was founder and sole owner of Apex Hair and News Company, Inc., and conducted Apex colleges and supply stations in New York and New Jersey. Mrs. Washington was a Christian Scien-ti ctThe third pioneer to enter the spotlight of fame and fortune was the fabulous and♦first acknowledged socialleader, the late Mrs. Sarah Breedlove Walker. This great popularized the straightening of the hair. She was born in Delta, Louisiana. The daughter of Owen and Minerva Breedlove, poor Negro farmers.Mrs. Sarah Breedlove was a women of vision. She organized her agents into clubs for business, social and etc. The Walker system was known throughout the country. Madam Walker realized that in the Beauty fieldas well as other fields the Neg.’o could make jobs for himself Joy establishing his own institutions and patronizing them and thus bringing dollars to his own pocket. Now sad that just a few Negro Systems and Schools survived today, because of .some short sighted leaders who care so little for the Negro systemJBut the time is now! Let us remember now before it is tooA* * * *dren.Our new system teacher is a member of the Providence' Baptist Church where she serves as a Deaconess and a Sunday School Teacher in the Junior Department.Mrs. Armster is devoting herlate.Madam Washington, Madam Malone, and Madam Walker stepped out on the firing line and gave their race the great companies that beans the names of Cora Walker, and Apex. If we are to follow them wemust support our Negro Busi-nesses.;.our news papers, our kindergartens, our schools oftBeauty Culture, and we must go all out and establish businesses so that we can give our own people work.
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Thomasville News
Thomasville, Georgia, US
Thu, Feb 13, 1969
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