This is a story about a woman who had nothing when walking to St. Louis and become a millionaire in 1914. Sarah Breedlove Walker was born in 1867 to former slaves in northeast Louisiana. She was an orphan and she made her way to St. Louis and supported herself as a washerwoman for 18 years. A scalp condition caused her to loose some of her hair, and she experimented with a variety of homemade concoctions in an effort to regrow her hair. To her amazement new hair sprouted, it was soft and shiny. The secret formula intrigue her friends so much and they constantly ask her about it.

At the time,there were virtually no hair products available specifically for African-Americans at the time, and Sarah saw a business opportunity. She realized there was a demand for this need;therefore, she founded the Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company with her husband, Charles Joseph Walker. She worked restlessly to sell her product from door to door and ask other women to join her. Not long later, in 1910, she had about 1,000 sales agents.

Who is Cheryl Womack? She is a modern day multimillionaire woman. Cheryl is a Panamanian immigrants, who started her career with VCW, a company what sell insurance to independent truckers. Cheryl founded the company in 1983 with $17,000, and in 2002 she sold it for more than $100 million.

Climbing to the ladder of success was not easy for Cheryl, she has to encounters numerous obstacles in order to make her achievements. She said it was hard for her when she had kids and working on her business at the same time. She remembers there were time she has to be away to get an account, she would hire a on-the-go-nanny to bring the kids with here. Regardless of how hard it was, she did not give up and continue to push boundary in expanding her business. This successful business woman is now a multimillionaire who work for Women Entrepreneurs of the World (a non profit organization) to help other women. She Recently donated $2 million to build a women’s softball field at the University of Kansas.

Cheryl Quote “”The whole reason I was successful is that I hired a lot of incredible women and gave them a chance to move outside the box. I love empowering women.”"