02383cam a2200301 4500 1650419708 TxAuBib 20241008120000.0 ||||||s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781797158402 1797158406 0030182601 Axis360 TxAuBib Watson, Ruth P. A Right Worthy Woman [Boundless]. Unabridged. Simon & Schuster, 2023. In the vein of The Personal Librarian and The House of Eve, a “remarkable and stirring novel” (Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling author) based on the inspiring 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, “with rich period detail and emotional impact” (Tracey Enerson Wood, author of The Engineer’s Wife), her riveting full story is finally revealed in this stirring and intimate novel. Format: Acoustik. FICTION / African American & Black / Historical; FICTION / Biographical; FICTION / Historical / General. General Adult. Importer Version: 2016-03-11.01 Import Date: 2024-10-08 20:00:03. FICTION Historical General. Fiction fast Biographical. Fiction fast African American & Black Historical. Edwards, Janina, narrator. https://hslibrary.boundless.baker-taylor.com/Title?itemId=0030182601 TXHSP