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Reading Olympics 2018 > Vision of Beauty: The Story of Sarah Breedlove Walker > Flashcards

Vision of Beauty: The Story of Sarah Breedlove Walker Flashcards

1
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How many years was Sarah born after slavery?

A

2 years after.

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Why did the colored people have to do all the work for the white people?

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The white people had a lot of money and the colored didn’t, so they had to work for it.

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3
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Why were Alex, Louvenia, and Sarah orphaned?

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Their parents had passed from diseases.

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How old was Sarah she married Moses McWilliams and why?

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14! Because Louvenia married a cruel man and Sarah was tired and ran away and married.

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Was Sarah a young mom and widdow?

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Yes. Both at the age of 20.

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6
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Why was Sarah going bald?

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Because of poor nutrition and hard labor

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What were some of the ingredients or oil that she put in her hair?

A

Tetter Salve and Sulfur petrolatum.

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8
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What business was Sarah’s?

A

How to keep your hair and scalp healthy

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9
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Did Sarah make lots of money back then from her business?

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Yes! After two years, she had several hundred people working for her.

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10
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Why was Sarah so famous?

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Because she was the richest colored woman.

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When was Sarah born?

A

1870.

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12
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What was a popular fever back then

A

Yellow fever.

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13
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What did Sarah pray to god about?

A

That her hair wouldn’t fall out anymore

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14
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Did white people have issues with voting?

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Yes along with colored people white women couldn’t vote.

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15
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Did Madam Walker get rich?

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Yes she became one of the richest people in America.

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16
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What were the three products that Sarah sold?

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Vegetable shampoo, Wonderful hair grower, And Glossine.

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17
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Who did Sarah marry?

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Charles Walker.

18
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When could Sarah work on her formulas?

A

Only at night.

19
Q

What year did

Sarah marry Charles Walker?

A

1905.

20
Q

When Sarah prayed to God did she get her wish that her hair wouldn’t fall out anymore?

A

No in the morning there was hair on her pillow.

21
Q

Why did Sarah and her sister move to Vicksberg?

A

They heard that there was better work there.

22
Q

Why was Sarah’s hair falling out?

A

She was working very hard, and didn’t give it much nutrition.

23
Q

Why did Sarah sue the Isis Theater?

A

They were still separating whites and blacks.

24
Q

What kind of speech did Sarah give at the convention center?

A

About how she got to the point in her life where she was successful in her life

25
Q

Why did Sarah move to Denver?

A

Because her brother, Alex, had died, and she wanted to be closer to his family

26
Q

How did Sarah parents die?

A

Fevers

27
Q

What did Sarah dream of?

A

Africa

28
Q

How old was Lelia when Moses died?

A

She was 3 years old.

29
Q

What is the NACW’s motto?

A

Lifting as we climb.

30
Q

What was Sarah last wish before she died?

A

To donate $ 5,000 to a black charity.

31
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Why did Sarah not like the words good hair and bad hair?

A

Because she thought everybody should be equal

32
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Where did Sarah live as a child?

A

Delta, Louisiana

33
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Who did Sarah grow up with?

A

Her mom, her dad, her sister: Louvenia, and her brother: Alex

34
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Who died that made Sarah move to Denver?

A

Her brother: Alex

35
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Why did Sarah have a hard life as a little girl?

A

Because slavery had just ended and life was hard for black people

36
Q

What was the white group called that burned down the school for black kids?

A

The Ku Klux Klan

37
Q

What job did Sarah have as a child?

A

Working on the crops

38
Q

How much money did Sarah and her family get for washing clothes?

A

One dollar a week

39
Q

What did they call the bandanas they wore in the fields?

A

They called them do rags

40
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How many children did Sarah have?

A

One, called Lelia

Reading Olympics 2018 (45 decks)

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