On Her Own Ground

Now a Netflix series starring Octavia Spencer, Self Made (formerly titled On Her Own Ground ) is the first full-scale biography of “one of the great success stories of American history” ( The Philadelphia Inquirer ), Madam C.J. Walker—the legendary African American entrepreneur and philanthropist—by her great-great-granddaughter, A’Lelia Bundles. The daughter of formerly enslaved parents, Sarah Breedlove—who would become known as Madam C. J. Walker—was orphaned at seven, married at fourteen, and