Person · 1864–1934
Maggie Lena Walker
The first Black woman to charter a bank and serve as its president.
A founder of [[black-business]].
Daughter of a formerly enslaved woman, Maggie Lena Walker built the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank in Richmond in 1903, along with a newspaper and a department store, creating institutions of Black economic independence.
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Walker built banks and stores precisely to create Black economic independence.