she became madam c.j. walkerugh her marriage, and basically in name, became one of the most powerful women of her time. >> trevor: it really is fascinating when you watch the story because, essentially, she made the fenty beauty of her time. >> she did. >> trevor: that's what she did. here she was a a black woman who realized black women weren't being catered to at all-- something that is surprisingly still true today in beauty and in products and in care. and she said, "i'm going to make something for my people, and i'm going to put my face on it," which was a big deal. you show that in the story. people were like, oh, madam c.j. walker, you can't just-- why do you think it was so important for her to put her face on the product because somebody said that face won't sell a product? >> because somebody said, that face won't sell a product." i guess if she was-- created the fenty of her time, does that make me rihanna? >> trevor: it does. it does. ( laughter ) it basically does. it really does. ( applause ) it rea

. >> the story of madam c.j. walkere early 20th century became the country's first self-made millionaire with a line of cosmetics and hair care. >> my mother used madam c.j. in our household as an example of what we could achieve, especially since she predated us. at the turn of the century she was able to achieve insurmountable odds. >> spencer nearly walked away from the series before it began until fellow executive producer lebron james stepped in to make sure she received pay equal to her fellow co-stars. >> the studio didn't want to give me certain things i felt i needed. and lebron intervened on my behalf. if you don't see my potential as a producer, as an actor, that i'm an equal partner, i'm prepared to say, thank you for thinking of me and i've had to do that several times. and i think if more women understood their worth and value, they would understand how powerful their voices are when they say no. >> you and me, we got to work harder, be smarter, and get rich. >> i think my mother, by introducing us to mada

the netflix series called "self made" about america's first femal self-made millionaire, madam c.j. walkerts made for it. but most important, i know if she looked good, we all look good. >> right about that.

she was a standard bearer in our home. >> let's break it down and tell people about madam c.j. walkern -- tell us about what you think brought her into this category of millionaire? >> she was fearless, and tenacity to overcome insurmountable odds to become the nation's first self-made female millionaire i mean, especially during that time period. >> yes. >> it's a beacon of hope and it tells us what we can do. >> and the cool thing about her was not only did she realize that there was a need and she filled it, she wasn't content on just being successful on her own and look at me at the top of the mountain, no, she brought women up. >> yes. >> talk about that part of her personality. >> she was about female entrepreneurship, and sister hood and making black women feel beautiful. and that was empowerment. >> yeah. >> giving them the means to be their own bosses i mean, that's what we all aspire to do. >> what i was reading, she seems like mary kay cosmetics before mary kay she had the model, empowered people and her goal was to helpo >> in one of the episodes she says it seems like men

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c.j. walker's method of beauty culture. this is not given to one person in particular, this is a stock one that was in her collection. but this is what it would look like. the women who were part of her agents, she had conventions for them so they could come together. they could bond and continue to learn, but to make sure that they knew they were special, too, she created these very pretty agents, complete with member, her photograph, because it was about her, and it was her branding of herself on her business. there is a myth, and we can dispel that right now, that madame walker invented the hot comb. she did not. but her agents used these hot combs. these are circa 1915, and they are courtesy of her great, great granddaughter, but with that, what she did use, these are exact examples of her work and her products from the 1920's. but this is what they looked like. this was the original drawing for her wonderful hair grower. through her earnings, she became a philanthropist as well as an activist, and they were tied hand i