ON HER OWN GROUND : THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MADAM C. J. WALKER

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  Contents
  Biological ancestors of Fairy Mae Bryant               9
  Descendants of owen Breedlove Sr.                     10
  Prologue                                              15
  1 Freedom Baby                                        25
  2 Motherless Child                                    32
  3 Wife, Mother, Widow                                 40
  4 St. Louis Woman                                     48
  5 Asnwered Prayers                                    60
  6 World's Fair                                        70
  7 Westward                                            79
  8 On the Road                                         92
  9 Bold Moves                                         100
 10 "The Salvation of your Boys and Girls"             111
 11 "I Promised Myself..."                             121
 12 Breaking Ties, Making Ties                         137
 13 Sweet Satisfaction                                 145
 14 New Horizons                                       157
 15 Black Metropolis                                   169
 16 Southern Tour                                      189
 17 "We should Protest"                                203
 18 War Abroad, War at Home                            218
 19 Her Dream of Dreams                                233
 20 Global Visions                                     250
 21 "I want  to Live to Help my race"                  266
    A' Lelia Walker: An Afterword                      278
    Epilogue                                           293
    Endnotes                                           295
    Selected Bibliography                              373
    Permissions                                        387
    Acknowlwdgements                                   389
    Index                                              395