Malone, Annie Turnbo (1869-1957)

Turnbow went to Peoria, Illinois, but she did not go to high school. Instead, she practiced her sister and barbershoes. When she and her family moved to Lovejoy, Illinois, Ann decided she wanted to be a "beauty doctor". At the age of 20 she developed her own shampoo and scalp care to grow his hair and straighten it. Delivering her work to the city, she brings various speeches to demonstrate and promote a new shampoo.

By 1902, Annie turnbow's family shampoo program was thriving and she moved to St. Louis, Missouri. She is a huge success and she has registered her trademark for beauty products under the name "Poro". One of her actress was Sarah Breedlove and later became C. J. Walker. Turnbow got married in 1903, but soon after she got married her husband dominated the business and tried divorcing. She married principal Aaron Eugene Malone again on April 28, 1914. Marriage lasted 13 years, but it was over with divorce

In her life Malone became one of America's richest black women. She became a leading cosmetic entrepreneur, but she is also the leader of the St. Louis black community. In 1918, with the success of Polo, Malone was able to build a four-story multi-million dollar factory and beauty school in the historic black city of St. Louis, a building. It employs over 175 employees and enables young black women to engage in high school and university education by providing work and accommodation facilities.

Malone is also an active philanthropist. She donated several thousand dollars to education programs, universities, YMCA, and almost all black orphanages in that country. From 1919 to 1943, she also served as the chairman of the board of directors of the St. Louis Color Orphanage.

In 1930, Malone moved his business to Chicago; since then, the wealth of St. Louis Polo College and Malone has declined. When she passed away in Chicago on May 10, 1957, the Polo Beauty Academy continued to work in more than 30 cities across the country.

Edited by Mark C. Carnes and John A. Garraty, American National Biography (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999); Peter C. Zeppieri, "For the Race: Case Study of Black Entrepreneurs, 1890-1940 '(Thesis, DePaul University, 1993)

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Annie Turnbo Malone (1869-1957) was an African-American entrepreneur and a philanthropist in the early 20th century. She created various beauty products for black women and created a unique distribution system that helps thousands of black women gain self esteem and economic independence. However, her contribution to African American culture tends to be overlooked as her business empire collapsed due to poor management. One of her students, C.J. Mrs. Walker, who created a similar business, and mostly thanks to the black beauty business, is a feat that is exactly a Malone.

Annie Turnbull Malone (aka Annie Minerva · Turnbaw and Annie Minerva · Turnbow Malone), Mrs. Oprah Winfrey and CJ Walker in front, African American entrepreneurs and philanthropists in the early 20th century There was. Malone was recorded as the billionaires of the first black woman in the United States, based on a report of $ 14 million of assets held by her cosmetic and cosmetic companies based in St. Louis and Chicago in 1920. By 1917, Malone opened the door to a beauty school where the Polo Academy, later Lady C. J. Walker attended. According to the report, the school has graduated about 75,000 agents worldwide including the Caribbean. In 1930, the first full year of the Great Depression Malone left her second husband, moved from Missouri and settled in the south of Chicago.