02073cam a2200313 4500 1041406704 TxAuBib 20231114120000.0 231109s2023||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 2023024264 9798885793469 hardcover alk. paper TxAuBib Watson, Ruth P. A right worthy woman [Large Type Book] : a novel / Ruth P. Watson. Large print ed. [Farmington Hills, Mich] : Thorndike Press/Gale, 2023. 455 p. (large print) ; 23 cm. Thorndike Press large print Black voices Includes bibliographical references (p. 447-449). "Maggie Lena Walker was ambitious and unafraid. Her childhood in 19th-century Virginia helping her mother with her laundry service opened her eyes to the overwhelming discrepancy between the Black residents and her mother's affluent white clients. She vowed to not only secure the same kind of home and finery for herself, but she would also help others in her community achieve the same. With her single-minded determination, Maggie buckled down and went from schoolteacher to secretary-treasurer of the Independent Order of St. Luke, founder of a newspaper, a bank, and a department store where Black customers were treated with respect. With the help of influential friends like W.E.B. DuBois and Mary McLeod, she revolutionized Richmond in ways that are still felt today. Now, her rich, full story is revealed in this stirring and intimate novel"--Provided by the publisher. 20231114. Walker, Maggie Lena, 1864-1934 Fiction. African American women Virginia Richmond Fiction. Businesswomen Virginia Richmond Fiction. Civic leaders Virginia Richmond Fiction. Richmond (Va) Fiction. Thorndike Press large print Black voices. RV8