Strand Theatre

Historical marker location:

4 E Washington Ave, Athens, Tennessee

( Marker is on East Washington Avenue just west of North Jackson Street (Business U.S. 11), on the right when traveling west.)

4 E. Washington Ave.

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.