Madison hairdresser Betsy Thibodeau is still working, and has been doing hair for 64 years, mostly at William Jon Salon & Spa ...

A Black entrepreneur has revealed how her work colleagues thought it was ok to touch her Afro hair without asking and once told her that her natural hairstyle wasn’t appropriate for work ...

A version of this article appears in print on June 23, 2023, Section B, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: Black Women’s Hair Care, A Market Long Undervalued.