Vision of Beauty: The Story of Sarah Breedlove Walker.Vision of Beauty: The Story of Sarah Breedlove Walker by Kathryn Lasky; illustrated by Nneka Bennett Candlewick can·dle·wick n. 1. The wick of a candle. 2. a. A soft heavy cotton thread similar to that used to make wicks for candles. b. Embroidery made of tufts of this thread. Press, March 2000, $16.99, ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0-76364-0253-1 Ages 8-11 The dying words of the first female African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. self-made millionaire were not those of concern for the future of her wealth. As the end neared she simply whispered, "I want to live to help my race." Madam C. J. Walker, born Sarah Breedlove Walker, may best be remembered for earning millions selling hair care products, but she also worked tirelessly tire·less adj. Not yielding to fatigue; untiring or indefatigable. tire  less·ly adv. to improve the conditions in which her people lived and to provide African American women a means of gaining financial independence. The decision to use Madam Walker's birth name in the title is a clue that the author's intention is not to pay tribute solely to the attainment of a vast fortune by an African American businesswoman. Lasky helps readers to see that, in the end, Walker's outstanding vision was not just one of beauty for its sake alone, but that the tools of beauty could be used by black women to inspire self-confidence. Bennett's pencil and watercolor drawings bring a sense of passion and drama to the story of Madam Walker's life. The illustrations and text work together to provide young readers with a solid portrait of a woman who triumphed against the odds. And as Lasky concludes, "she was not stuck in the cotton field; she was not stuck at a laundry tub. Through tenacity and faith, Sarah Breedlove Walker had come into her own, bringing thousands of colored not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. See also: Color women with her and showing countless others the way." Merce Robinson is a library manager from Shaker Heights Shaker Heights, city (1990 pop. 30,831), Cuyahoga co., NE Ohio, a residential suburb of Cleveland; inc. 1912. Founded (1905) as a suburban development by Cleveland businessmen Oris and Mantis Van Sweringen, it takes its name from a Shaker community that once existed , OH. |
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