Eva Bowman was a native Nashville, Tennessee. She was a civic leader, businesswoman and beautician. Bowman trained for cosmetology under Madame C.J. Walker's Lelia College, Indianapolis, IN 1929; Pord College, Memphis, Tennessee, 1941; and the Institute of Cosmetology, Jersey City, Jersey, 1946. She became the first black beauty inspector and examiner of cosmetology for the […]

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