MakingDreamsHappenbyJordanMaxwellCover©A’LeliaBundles/WalkerFamilyCollection/www.madamcjwalker.com;3–4©A’LeliaBundles/WalkerFamilyCollection/www.madamcjwalker.com;5–6LizAlger©HarcourtEducationAustralia;7–14©A’LeliaBundles/WalkerFamilyCollection/www.madamcjwalker.com.Copyright©byHarcourt,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopy,recording,oranyinformationstorageandretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher.RequestsforpermissiontomakecopiesofanypartoftheworkshouldbeaddressedtoSchoolPermissionsandCopyrights,Harcourt,Inc.,6277SeaHarborDrive,Orlando,Florida32887-6777.Fax:407-345-2418.HARCOURTandtheHarcourtLogoaretrademarksofHarcourt,Inc.,registeredintheUnitedStatesofAmericaand/orotherjurisdictions.PrintedinMexicoISBN10:0-15-350652-0ISBN13:978-0-15-350652-9OrderingOptionsISBN10:0-15-350599-0(Grade2On-LevelCollection)ISBN13:978-0-15-350599-7(Grade2On-LevelCollection)ISBN10:0-15-357833-5(packageof5)ISBN13:978-0-15-357833-5(packageof5)Ifyouhavereceivedthesematerialsasexaminationcopiesfreeofcharge,HarcourtSchoolPublishersretainstitletothematerialsandtheymaynotberesold.Resaleofexaminationcopiesisstrictlyprohibitedandisillegal.Possessionofthispublicationinprintformatdoesnotentitleuserstoconvertthispublication,oranyportionofit,intoelectronicformat.1234567891005015141312111009080706MadamC.J.Walker3MadamC.J.WalkerwasoneofAmerica’smostinspiringandsuccessfulAfricanAmericanwomen.Sheoftensaid,“Igotmystartbygivingmyselfastart.”4MadamWalker’srealnamewasSarahBreedlove.SarahwasborninDelta,Louisiana.Shelivedwithherparentsonacottonfarm.Bythetimeshewasfiveyearsold,Sarahwasworkinginthefields.Shecarriedwater,andsheplantedseedsforthenewcottoncrop.ThefarmwhereSarahBreedlovelivedwithherparents5Sarah’sparentsdiedwhenshewassevenyearsold.Afewyearslater,sheandhersisterwenttoworkinVicksburg,Mississippi.Theyworkedforpeopleandwashedclothes.6Sarahmarriedyoung.Twoyearsafterherd...
