366th Infantry Regiment,
367th Infantry Regiment,
369th Infantry Regiment (Hellfighters),
Thurman, Lucy,
Tillman, Katherine,
Titanic (ocean liner),
Togo,
Washington’s project in,
Toomer, Jean,
Track and field, black champion of,
Tribbett, Charles A.,
Trinidad (Colorado),
Trotter, William Monroe,
at Paris Peace Conference,
Troutbeck. See Amenia Conference
True Reformers,
Tumulty, Joseph Patrick,
Turnbo. See Pope-Turnbo
Turpin, Tom,
Tuskegee (Alabama), Kennedy at veterans hospital in,
Tuskegee Institute,
benefactors of,
Madam Walker’s agent at,
Madam Walker’s contributions to,
Madam Walker’s desire to be trustee of,
Madam Walker’s proposal for hairdressing course at,
Madam Walker’s study of,
Negro Farmer’s Conference at,
Washington memorial at,
Washington’s successor at,
24th Infantry Regiment,
Tyler, Louis,
Tyler, Ralph Waldo,
United Brotherhood of Friendship,
United Negro College Fund,
United Presbyterian Church,
Universal Negro Improvement Association,
U.S. Steel,
Vann, Robert,
Van Vechten, Carl,
Nigger Heaven,
Variety,
Vaseline,
Vashon, George,
Vegetable Shampoo,
Verdi, Giuseppe,
Vernon, William T.,
Versailles Conference. See Paris Peace Conference
Vicksburg (Mississippi),
Madam Walker’s return to,
Sarah Breedlove in,
tar and feathers in,
Vicksburg, Siege of (1863),
violence in,
Vicksburg Herald,
Victory Bonds,
Villa Lewaro (Madam Walker’s mansion). See Irvington-on-Hudson
Villard, Oswald Garrison,
Violet extract perfume,
Voice of the Negro,
Waco (Texas), lynching in,
Wadley, Frank,
Waizeru Zauditu (Empress of Ethiopia),
Walk, Julius,
Walker, A’Lelia (Lelia Walker)
birth of,
in charge in Denver,
in charge in New York,
Madam Walker takes over,
number of agents,
in charge in Pittsburgh,
The Dark Tower salon of,
death and funeral of,
descriptions of,
education of,
entertainments of,
Fairy Mae Bryant adopted by,
on father’s lynching,
in Harlem Renaissance period,
as heroine of novel Nigger Heaven,
Hughes on,
income of,
Indianapolis visits of,
Madam Walker’s death and,
Madam Walker’s last letter to,
in Madam Walker’s last will,
Madam Walker’s relationship with,
and Mae’s first marriage,
marriages of. See Kennedy, James Arthur; Robinson, John; Wilson, Wiley M.
name change by,
obituaries of,
Paris Peace Conference and,
philanthropy by,
sales trips,
in St. Louis,
Scott dinner arranged by,
spending by,
trip abroad by,
World War I and,
Colored Women’s Motor Corps,
Walker, Charles Joseph,
in Denver,
divorced by Madam Walker,
extramarital affairs of,
hair care business of,
in Indianapolis,
Larrie marriage of,
Madam Walker’s marriage to,
patent-type medicines of,
in Pittsburgh,
takes credit for wife’s success,
as traveling salesman for Madam Walker’s products,
Walker, George,
Walker, Juliet E. K.,
Walker, Madam C. J. (Sarah Breedlove)
agents of,
Cincinnati boycott,
at colleges and institutes,
national organization and conventions,
national traveling agents,
reduced fee for poor women,
in Washington memorial drive,
in antilynching delegation to White House,
archival material on,
automobiles of,
birth of,
childhood of,
conservative-militant neutral position of,
death of,
in Denver,
education of,
night school in St. Louis,
penmanship improvement,
tutoring,
entertainments of,
369th Infantry Regiment,
at Villa Lewaro,
first overseas trip of,
first use of “Madam C. J. Walker,”
franchise operation planned by,
funeral of,
genealogical tables for,
hair care products of. See Hair care products
as hairdresser,
at Tuskegee,
hair problems of,
illnesses of,
income of,
investments of,
last will and testament of,
last words of,
leadership qualities of,
lectures and speeches of,
“From the Kitchen to the Mansion,”
“The Negro Woman in Business,”
Randolph’s wife’s help,
slide presentations,
“Woman’s Duty to Woman,”
mail order business of,
mansion of. See Villa Lewaro
marriages of. See Davis, John H.; McWilliams, Moses; Walker, Charles Joseph
The Messenger’s praise of,
“moral and social questions” addressed by,
move to New York by,
as movie fan,
near accident of,
1918 birthday and Christmas of,
obituaries of,
other products of,
comb,
Paris Peace Conference and
National Race Congress delegate,
passport denied,
philanthropy of. See Philanthropy—Madam Walker’s
as Pope-Turnbo sales agent,
portraits of,
postage stamp honoring,
revolver carried by,
on the road,
spending by,
summaries of life of,
as washerwoman,
white customers of,
women’s rights and,
World War I and,
Walker, Mae (Fairy Mae Bryant)
adoption of,
description and background of,
diabetes of,
genealogical tables for,
harp-playing by,
at Lelia Walker’s funeral,
Madam Walker’s death and,
in Madam Walker’s last will,
marriages of. See Jackson, Gordon; Perry, Marion Rowland, Jr.
on the road,
at Spelman Seminary,
at Villa Lewaro,
Walker, Maggie Lena,
Walker Beauty School,
Walker Beauty Shop,
Walker Hair Culture Method,
Walker Hair Parlor and Lelia College,
Walker-Larrie Company,
Walker System,
Walker Theatre,
Wallace, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil,
Walters, Alexan
der,
Walton, Lester, at Paris Peace Conference,
Wanamaker, Rodman,
Ward, Joseph,
Ward, Zella,
War Department, U.S.
black intelligence operations of,
surveillance of Madam Walker,
Scott in,
Waring, Oscar Minor,
Warmouth, Henry C.,
Washerwomen,
Washington, Booker T.,
death of and tributes to,
in Indianapolis,
Madam Walker and
correspondence,
her houseguest,
Negro Farmers’ Convention,
at 1912 National Negro Business League convention,
in NNBL founding,
on proposed vocational school in Africa,
on railroad segregation,
at St. Louis World’s Fair,
secretary of. See Scott, Emmett
split between Du Bois and,
straighteners and bleaches opposed by,
Tuskegee memorial to,
Washington, Fredi,
Washington, Jesse,
Washington, Laura Murray,
Washington, Margaret Murray,
Washington, Sarah Spencer,
Washington (D.C.),
Douglass’s former home in,
Dunbar High School,
Metropolitan AME Church,
M Street School,
National Race Congress for World Democracy (1918),
suffragettes in,
Walkers’ 1918 visit to,
Washington (Georgia),
Washington Bee,
Washington Star,
Waterproof (Louisiana),
Wealth of black America,
Wealth of Madam Walker,
Wealthy blacks,
Webber, Harry B.,
Weber, Max,
Weeks & Potter (drug firm),
Wells, Clarence,
Wells, Rolla,
Wells-Barnett, Ida B.,
Paris Peace Conference and,
West, Homer,
Wetumpka (Alabama),
Wharton, Vernon Lane,
Wheeler, J. W.,
White, George,
White, Grant,
White, Mayme,
White, Russell,
White, Stanford,
White League,
White women, married, 1900 rate of employment of,
Whitfield (janitor),
Whitman, Charles A.,
Wilberforce (Ohio),
Wilberforce College,
Wiley University,
Williams, Arsania,
Williams, Bert,
Williams, Fannie Barrier,
Williams, Mrs. Irving,
Williamson, Mary Fredonia,
Williamson, Russell McCord,
Wilson, Ed,
Wilson, Ellen,
Wilson, Harriet,
Wilson, John,
Wilson, Maggie,
Wilson, Wiley M.,
marriage of,
Wilson, Woodrow,
antilynching statement by,
black antilynching delegation to,
on black soldiers’ return to America,
League of Nations and,
Moton meeting with,
self-determination of nations advocated by,
Walker Union conventions’ telegrams to,
World War I and,
Winchester, Ida,
Wise, Benjamin,
Woman suffrage, NACW declaration in favor of,
Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU),
Women’s rights,
Wonderful Hair Grower,
effectiveness of,
Lelia Walker’s supposed revelation of,
price of,
wartime shortage of,
Woodlawn Cemetery,
Woodman, Oliver O.,
Woodson, George,
Woolworth’s stores,
World’s Columbian Exposition (1893),
World Forum, The (ILDP newspaper),
World War I,
armistice in,
black chaplains in,
black soldiers in,
black officers trained,
complaints against Scott,
discrimination,
executions and murders,
French army uniforms and medals,
lynched after return,
Madam Walker’s message of unity,
return to America,
compulsory employment for Southern black women in,
dwindling of European migration during,
Liberty Loan in,
negative editorials about,
recycling of Madam Walker’s tins during,
shortages of products during,
War Department surveillance of blacks in,
Wright, Louis,
Yates, Silone,
Yellow fever,
YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association),
in Indianapolis,
in Madam Walker’s last will,
military, in World War I,
Yonkers Standard,
YWCA (Young Women’s Christian Association),
in Madam Walker’s last will,
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