Annie Turnbo Malone

Annie Minerva Turnbo Malone (August 9, 1877 – May 10, 1957) was an American businesswoman, inventor and philanthropist. In the first three decades of the 20th century, she founded and developed a large and prominent commercial and educational enterprise centered on cosmetics for African-American women based in St. Louis, Missouri.

With her wealth from business success, Annie Malone became a major philanthropist, helping support local and national institutions that aided, educated and advanced Black children and families. A street in St. Louis was renamed for her, as was a social services agency that developed from an orphanage she helped found.