Sarah Breedlove Walker: Pioneer American Businesswoman

As America entered the 20th century, women were still denied many of the rights we now take for granted. They could own property, but did not have the right to vote or have the right of citizenship independent of their husbands. There were no laws to protect them from hard labor conditions. And in commerce, women were denied management roles. There were few women doctors, fewer women lawyers and almost no women engineers. Their place was in the kitchen; their function to raise children. Bla...