Mississippi

Historical marker location:

4023 Columbia Ave, Franklin, Tennessee

( Memorial can be reached from Columbia Avenue (U.S. 31) 0.2 miles Mack C. Hatcher Memorial Parkway (Tennessee Route 397), on the right when traveling south.)

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.