I have to do a 1pg. monologue from the point of view that I am Madame CJ Walker. I know that she made the first African American hair care products but I don't know how to actually turn that into a monologue. And for those who don't know what a monologue is, a monologue basically a skit for just one person. It's the thoughts in somebody's mind. So I guess what was in Madame CJ Walker's mind when she decided to make the African hair care products. Help me please. I just need help as in where to start.
What did Madame C.J. Walker actually invent? I mean specifically, all i could find was a scalp cream, for...?
There are a few sites that show the products, in little tins (it's not like the shampoo we know today, but then, neither was men's shaving cream, or toothpaste). One is a "vegetable shampoo" (which looks like a tin of soap), and the other is called a "wonderful hair grower" (which looks like a tin of ointment).
I don't know how many ways you have to source this project, but according to this website:
http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/walk-mad.h...
Walker claimed that the idea for the hair grower came from a dream she had, in which a black man gave her a recipe to cure baldness. That could make an interesting monologue, or at the very least a good part of one.
The dream angle is not so far-fetched, either. Supposedly Singer got the idea for sewing machines from a dream he had about needles sewing from top and bottom simultaneously.
What did Madame C.J. Walker actually invent? I mean specifically, all i could find was a scalp cream, for...?
Did you go to the Public Library and ask for assistance look up the information?
What did Madame C.J. Walker actually invent? I mean specifically, all i could find was a scalp cream, for...?
The Hot Comb
Hairspray
several relaxers
and various creams
-Laila
As Madam Walker's great-great-granddaughter and biographer, I'm delighted to see that you will be writing a report about Madam Walker. I think you'll find lots of material on our website at www.madamcjwalker.com. In the section marked "students and teachers," you will find several video presentations and interviews that we've done. In the interview with Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis and in the interview with Natalie Cofield, you'll find several stories about Madam Walker that you can turn into presentations about her hair care business, her philanthropy and her political activism.
ReplyDeleteGood luck on your report.
A'Lelia Bundles
Washington, DC
www.madamcjwalker.com
To Laila,
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to let you know that Madam Walker did not invent the hot comb, hair spray or relaxers. She did develop a line of hair care products for black women when she founded her company in 1906. Women--African, European, Asian, African American, etc--have had home made hair care products for centuries, so Madam Walker was not the first person to develop hair care products for black women. But like Elizabeth Arden, Helena Rubinstein and Annie Malone, Madam Walker was a pioneer of the modern hair care industry and one of the first manufacturers to market her products on a national and international basis. For more information, visit our website at www.madamcjwalker.com.
A'Lelia Bundles
Madam Walker's great-great-granddaughter and biographer