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Maggie Lena Walker

Richmond, Virginia
· 1867-1934
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Maggie Lena Walker, an African-American business woman, social activist, and formidable community leader, became the first woman bank president in America when she founded the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank in Richmond in 1903.
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