2023 Annual LWVR Meeting Includes Presentation About Irvington Resident Madam C.J. Walker

At our recent annual LWVR meeting we heard summary reports of what we have accomplished this past year, and also some of the plans we have for next year. 
We were delighted to hear a wonderful speaker, historian and Emmy award-winning journalist A’lelia Bundles, the great-great granddaughter of Madam CJ Walker. She presented a fascinating history and slideshow of her famous ancestor, daughter of sharecroppers, who became the most renowned African-AmerIcan entrepreneur in the early 20th century. While living in her magnificent Irvington mansion, Madam Walker became well known as a philanthropist, as well as an influential civil rights and women’s rights activist.