A'Lelia Bundles
A'Lelia Bundles

As much as any woman of the twentieth century, Madam Walker paved the way for the profound social changes that altered women's place in American society.

A'Lelia Bundles
A'Lelia Bundles

Madame Walker selected Indianapolis as the headquarters for her growing business more than a century ago in 1910 because of its central location and thriving black business community.

A'Lelia Bundles
A'Lelia Bundles

Women of African descent, since the beginning of time, have altered their hair, decorated it and used it to designate status.

A'Lelia Bundles
A'Lelia Bundles

There are two national historic landmarks: the Madam Walker Legacy Center in Indianapolis and the Madam C.J. Walker House in Irvington, New York.

A. A. Gill
A. A. Gill

The Lib-Dems are sidekicks. They were born to be sidekicks and that's what they should concentrate on being.

A. A. Milne
A. A. Milne

What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.

A. J. Liebling
A. J. Liebling

To the Parisians, and especially to the children, all Americans are now 'heros du cinema.' This is particularly disconcerting to sensitive war correspondents, if any, aware, as they are, that these innocent thanks belong to those American combat troops who won the beachhead and then made the breakthrough. There are few such men in Paris.

A. N. Wilson
A. N. Wilson

If you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would be a very long book a year. I don't manage nearly that... but I have published slightly too much recently.

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.

A. S. Byatt
A. S. Byatt

I am not sure how much good is done by moralising about fairy tales. This can be unsubtle - telling children that virtue will be rewarded, when in fact it is mostly simply the fact of being the central character that ensures a favourable outcome. Fairy tales are not, on the whole, parables.