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July 15th

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  1. 1864
    The Rise

    Maggie Lena Walker born

    Maggie Lena Walker is born in Richmond, Virginia, to Elizabeth Draper, a formerly enslaved woman. She becomes the first woman of any race to charter and serve as president of a bank in the United States in 1903.

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