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IV 109th CONGRESS 1st Session H. CON. RES. 118 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 17, 2005 Mr. Rangel submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of Congress that Madame C. J. Walker should be recognized for her achievements in business, her inventions, and her commitment to the African-American community.

Whereas Madame C. J. Walker was born on December 23, 1867, on a plantation in Delta, Louisiana; Whereas, in 1905, Madame C. J. Walker invented a conditioning treatment designed to aid in the straightening of hair, as well as an entire line of cosmetic products; Whereas, in 1910, Madame C. J. Walker ordered the construction of a factory in Indianapolis to manufacture her line of cosmetic products; Whereas Madame C. J. Walker was committed to employing women in all aspects of her business; Whereas Madame C. J. Walker was a noted philanthropist, giving generously to black charities, including the NAACP and the National Association of Colored Women; Whereas Madame C. J. Walker encouraged her agents to similarly assist black humanitarian organizations nationwide; Whereas Madame C. J. Walker was one of the first American women—black or white—to amass a personal net worth of more than 1 million dollars as a result of her own efforts, thereby becoming one of the most successful businesspersons of the early twentieth century by the time of her death; and Whereas Madame C. J. Walker died on May 25, 1919, at the age of 52: Now, therefore, be it

That it is the sense of Congress that Madame C. J. Walker should be recognized as one of history’s greatest female businesswomen and role models for the Nation’s young people.