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Annie Minerva Turnbo Malone August 9, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] — May 10, [ 4 ] was an American businesswoman, inventor and philanthropist. After traveling down the Ohio River , she found refuge in Metropolis, Illinois. Annie Turnbo was born on a farm near Metropolis in Massac County, Illinois , [ 8 ] the tenth of eleven children. Orphaned at a young age, she attended a public school in Metropolis, before moving in to live with her older sister Ada Moody in Peoria.

There Turnbo attended high school, taking a particular interest in chemistry.

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However, due to frequent illness, she was forced to withdraw from classes. While out of school, Turnbo grew so fascinated with hair and hair care that she often practiced hairdressing with her sister. By the beginning of the s, Turnbo moved with her older siblings to Lovejoy, now known as Brooklyn, Illinois. To promote her new product, Turnbo sold the Wonderful Hair Grower in bottles door-to-door.

In , Turnbo moved to a thriving St. Louis , where she and three employees sold her hair-care products door-to-door.

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As part of her marketing, she gave away free treatments to attract more customers. Due to the high demand for her product in St. Louis, Turnbo opened her first shop in at Market Street. Walker, operated first in St. Louis and later in Denver, Colorado , until a disagreement led Walker to leave the company.