{"product_id":"9780763664282","title":"Vision of Beauty: The Story of Sarah Breedlove Walker","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA vision of dignity and freedom and a powerful role model for girls and women of all races.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South. I was promoted from the fields to the washtubs. I promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair goods. I have built my own factory on my own ground.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn December 23, 1867, Sarah Breedlove Walker was the first free-born child of sharecroppers in Delta, Louisiana. Life was hard, but slavery had ended, and the Breedlove family was free - and if you were free, you could dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd dream she did. VISION OF BEAUTY follows Sarah Breedlove Walker's rise from a bleak world of poverty and discrimination to unprecedented success as a businesswoman and philanthropist. Through tenacity and faith, she discovered a cure for her own hair loss, then began marketing her original products through the Mme. C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company. Well known as a woman of economic independence, Madam Walker offered a vision of dignity and freedom for her people and a powerful role model for women and girls of all races.\u003cbr\u003eBack matter includes an epilogue, an illustrator’s note, sources, and an index.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Candlewick Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47010776580336,"sku":"9780763664282","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780763664282_p0.jpg?v=1763800233","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780763664282","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}