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01760aam a2200325 4500 001 CCEE599C723211EE9479EED542ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231024010053 008 230605s2023 meu d 000 1 eng 020 $a 9798885793469 040 $d SILO 100 $a Watson, Ruth 245 $a A right worthy woman $c Ruth Watson. 250 $a Large print. 264 1 $a Waterville, Maine $b Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, $c 2023. 300 $a 455 pages (large print) 520 $a "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." 650 $a Large type books 650 $a Civic leaders 650 $a African American women 650 $a Businesswomen 650 $a Biographical fiction 650 $a Richmond (Va.) 650 $a Virginia $x Richmond 941 $a 3 945 $a lpt 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20240125011823.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20231102013735.0 952 $l EZPE755 $d 20231024013315.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CCEE599C723211EE9479EED542ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search