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A Right Worthy Woman audiobook
- By: Ruth P. Watson
- Narrator: Janina Edwards
- Category: African American, Fiction, Historical
- Length: 17 hours 33 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2023
- Language: English
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A Right Worthy Woman Audiobook Summary
In the vein of The Personal Librarian and The House of Eve, a “remarkable and stirring novel” (Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling author) based on the inspiring true story of Virginia’s Black Wall Street and the indomitable Maggie Lena Walker, the daughter of a formerly enslaved woman who became the first Black woman to establish and preside over a bank in the United States.
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, “with rich period detail and emotional impact” (Tracey Enerson Wood, author of The Engineer’s Wife), her riveting full story is finally revealed in this stirring and intimate novel.
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A Right Worthy Woman Audiobook Narrator
Janina Edwards is the narrator of A Right Worthy Woman audiobook that was written by Ruth P. Watson
About the Author(s) of A Right Worthy Woman
Ruth P. Watson is the author of A Right Worthy Woman
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A Right Worthy Woman Full Details
| Narrator | Janina Edwards |
| Length | 17 hours 33 minutes |
| Author | Ruth P. Watson |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster Audio |
| Release date | April 28, 2024 |
| ISBN | 9781797158402 |
Subjects
The publisher of the A Right Worthy Woman is Simon & Schuster Audio. includes the following subjects: Maggie Walker, Maggie Lena Walker, Maggie Mitchell, Maggie Draper, Maggie Lena Draper Mitchell, Black Wall Street, Jackson Ward, Richmond VA, Black history, women’s history, prosperous Black community, St Luke Penny Savings Bank, St Luke Emporium, segregation, racism, discrimination, historical fiction by a Black woman, historical fiction about a Black woman, hidden figure, first Black woman to own and run a bank, hidden figure, hidden history, Mary McLeod Bethune, WEB Dubois, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated, Virginia Union, Armstead Walker, self-made, Madame CJ Walker, Carolina Built, Sisters in Arms, The Personal Librarian, Libertie, The Engineer's Wife, biracial, Marie Benedict, stirring fictional account of a remarkable figure, , Fiction, African American, Historical, Fiction, Biographical, Fiction, Historical The BISAC Subject Code is African American, Fiction, Historical
Additional info
The publisher of the A Right Worthy Woman is Simon & Schuster Audio. The imprint is Simon & Schuster Audio. It is supplied by Simon & Schuster Audio. The ISBN-13 is 9781797158402.
Global Availability
This book is only available in the United States.
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