| LC control no. | n 97044100 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Walker, Maggie Lena, 1864-1934 |
| Variant(s) | Walker, Maggie Lena, 1867-1934 Mitchell, Maggie L. (Maggie Lena), 1864-1934 Mitchell, Maggie Lena, 1864-1934 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Richmond (Va.) |
| Birth date | 1864-07-15 |
| Death date | 1934-12-15 |
| Profession or occupation | African American bankers Women bankers |
| Found in | Branch, M.M. Nickels to dollars, 1997: CIP t.p. (Maggie Lena Walker) Notable Am. women, 1607-1950, c1971: v. 3, p. 530 (Walker, Maggie Lena; b. July 15, 1867 in Richmond, Va.; d. Dec. 15, 1934; Black insurance and banking executive in Richmond, Va.) Maggie Walker, c2009: ECIP galley (Maggie Lena Mitchell; m. Armstead Walker in 1886) Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site, Virginia, 2015: t.p. (Maggie L. Walker) National Park Service email to Library of Virginia, Apr. 22, 2019 (Based on new research, the consensus is that Maggie Walker's birth year is 1864. Many sources continue to claim Walker as the first woman -- white or black -- to charter a bank. This is not true. We have found several documented cases of white women founding banks prior to Walker. Walker's distinction is that she is the first African American female bank founder and president.) Richmond times-dispatch online, viewed May 1, 2019 (from article 'New birth year uncovered for Maggie L. Walker', dated Jul 5, 2009: Richmond historian Elvatrice Belsches, using records from the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company, found that a bank account was opened on Aug. 10, 1872, listing Walker, then Maggie Mitchell, as 8 years old. The record refers to Walker, her parents, and her brother.) <https://www.richmond.com/news/new-birth-year-uncovered-for-maggie-l-walker/article_fa123847-0e9f-5494-bf91-9e6bc609a1fb.html> Encyclopedia Virginia online, viewed May 1, 2019 (Maggie Lena Walker (1864-1934). Walker was born Maggie Lena Mitchell on July 15, 1864, on the Van Lew estate in Richmond. (Until 2009, most scholars thought that 1867 was her birth year.)) <https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Maggie_Lena_Walker_1864-1934#start_entry> |
| Associated language | eng |
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