Sarah Breedlove Walker & Sarah Rector: Who was America's first black millionairess?

Stuff You Missed in History Class

• Episode: Sarah Breedlove Walker & Sarah Rector: Who was America's first black millionairess?
• Website: Stuff You Missed in History Class
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• Duration: 00:24:18
• Published: 2011-02-28 18:24

Often, when people discuss America's first black female millionaire, they're talking about a women named Sarah Breedlove Walker, also known as Madame C.J. Walker. But someone else, another Sarah in fact, may have beaten her. A black girl named Sarah Rector became a millionaire in 1911 or 1912, when she was only 10 years old. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com