"LET US PUT OUT MONEY OUT AT USURY AMONG OUTSELVES REAP THE BENEFITS OURSELVES." MAGGIE LENA WALKER TAUGHT & SHOWED BLACK PEOPLE THAT WE COULD COUNT ON OURSELVES. SHE GRADUATED FROM COLORED NORMAL SCHOOL BEGAN TEACHING WHILE ATTENDING NIGHT SCHOOL FOR ACCOUNTING. SHE BELIEVED THAT PEOPLE COULD TURN PENNIES INTO NICKELS. IN 1903 SHE FOUNDED & SERVED AS THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE PRESIDENT OF ST. LUKE PENNY SAVINGS BANK.
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