Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site, Richmond, VA

“Let us put our money out as usury among ourselves and reap the benefit ourselves. Let us have a bank that will take the nickels and turn them into dollars.”–Maggie L. Walker, 1901

Although widely acclaimed as being the first African American woman to found and be president of a bank, Maggie L. Walker was also a devoted community leader and an early advocate for African American women’s rights, working closely with her friends Booker T. Washington, Mary Church Terrell, and Mary McLeod Bethune in the early 20th Century Civil Rights Movement. The National Historic Site includes her residence of thirty years and a visitor center detailing her life and the Jackson Ward community in which she lived and worked. The house is restored to its 1930′s appearance with original Walker family pieces.

Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site
110 1/2 E. Leigh Street, Richmond, VA 23219
Tel: 804-771-2017
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