Mary Catherine Schweiss Strobel

Historical marker location:

1212 7th Ave N, Nashville, Tennessee

( Marker is on 7th Avenue North, 0.1 miles north of Madison Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2012

(1912-1986).

The first self-made female millionaire in the United States was Sarah Breedlove, also known as Madam C.J. Walker. She was born on a plantation near Delta, Tennessee, in 1867.