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American businesswoman

A'Lelia Walker (born Lelia McWilliams; June 6, – August 17, ) was an American businesswoman and patron of the arts. She was the only surviving child of Madam C.

J. Walker, who was popularly credited as being the first self-made female millionaire in the United States and one of the first African-American millionaires.^[1][2]

Life and career

Early life

A'Lelia Walker was born Lelia McWilliams in Vicksburg, Mississippi, in , the daughter of Moses and Sarah (née Breedlove) McWilliams.

Her father died when she was two years old, and she moved with her mother to St. Louis, Missouri to live with her mother's three brothers.^[3] Her mother married John Davis in and divorced in In , her mother married Charles Joseph Walker, a newspaper advertising salesman, and became an independent hairdresser and retailer of cosmetic creams.

A'Lelia grew up in St. Louis and attended Knoxville College in Tennessee before enter