Maggie Walker, Plaque

Title: Maggie Walker, Plaque
Commemorates: Walker, Maggie
Biographical Text: Metal rectangular plaque with black background, gold text, and gold outline of the state of Virginia with profile of a woman hollowed in the center.

The plaque is located in Richmond, VA on the grounds of the Maggie Walker National Historical Site. It was erected in honor of Walker in 1994 by the Virginia Business and Professional Women's Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy.
Text: Women of
Virginia Historic
Trail

HONORS
MAGGIE LENA WALKER
1876 - 1934

Among her many accomplishments, this 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.

PRESENTED OCTOBER 9, 1994
by
VIRGINIA BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S FOUNDATION
and
VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR THE HUMANITIES AND PUBLIC POLICY
Date Created: 1994
Type: English Signage
Bibliographic Citation: "Business and Professional Women Create Historic Trail for Virginia," The News-Virginian. Mar. 22, 1994.; Maggie Lena Walker, The Historical Marker Database
Project Researcher: O'Neill, Iris

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