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Availability:In StockContributor:Ruth P. WatsonPublish date:2023-11-08Pages:527
Language:EnglishPublisher:Thorndike Press a Part of Gale a Cengage CompISBN-13:9798885793469UPC:9798885793469Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:African American & Black, Historical, BiographicalBook Topic:HistoricalSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCKV00M5FT

In the vein of The Engineer's Wife and Carolina Built, an inspiring novel based on the remarkable true story of Virginia's Black Wall Street and the indomitable Maggie Lena Walker, the daughter of a formerly enslaved woman who became the first Black woman to establish and preside over a bank in the United States.

Maggie Lena Walker was ambitious and unafraid. Her childhood in 19th-century Virginia helping her mother with her laundry service opened her eyes to the overwhelming discrepancy between the Black residents and her mother's affluent white clients. She vowed to not only secure the same kind of home and finery for herself, but she would also help others in her community achieve the same.

With her single-minded determination, Maggie buckled down and went from schoolteacher to secretary-treasurer of the Independent Order of St. Luke, founder of a newspaper, a bank, and a department store where Black customers were treated with respect. With the help of influential friends like W.E.B. DuBois and Mary McLeod, she revolutionized Richmond in ways that are still felt today. Now, her rich, full story is revealed in this stirring and intimate novel.


Language:EnglishPublisher:Thorndike Press a Part of Gale a Cengage CompISBN-13:9798885793469UPC:9798885793469Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:African American & Black, Historical, BiographicalBook Topic:HistoricalSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCKV00M5FT
Publisher: Thorndike Press a Part of Gale a Cengage Comp

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