A Right Worthy Woman: A Novel

  • Author: Ruth P. Watson
  • Narrator: Janina Edwards
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Duration: 8:46:56
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Synopsis

In the vein of The Engineer’s Wife and Carolina Built, an inspiring novel based on the remarkable 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, her rich, full story is revealed in this stirring and intimate novel.

Chapters

  • 001 ARightWorthyWoman OpenCredits

    Duration: 13s
  • 002 ARightWorthyWoman Dedication

    Duration: 17s
  • 003 ARightWorthyWoman Epigraph

    Duration: 14s
  • 004 ARightWorthyWoman Chapter1

    Duration: 11min
  • 005 ARightWorthyWoman Chapter2

    Duration: 10min
  • 006 ARightWorthyWoman Chapter3

    Duration: 17min
  • 007 ARightWorthyWoman Chapter4

    Duration: 24min
  • 008 ARightWorthyWoman Chapter5

    Duration: 27min
  • 009 ARightWorthyWoman Chapter6

    Duration: 12min
  • 010 ARightWorthyWoman Chapter7

    Duration: 08min
  • 011 ARightWorthyWoman Chapter8

    Duration: 21min
  • 012 ARightWorthyWoman Chapter9

    Duration: 15min
  • 013 ARightWorthyWoman Chapter10

    Duration: 10min
  • 014 ARightWorthyWoman Chapter11

    Duration: 16min
  • 015 ARightWorthyWoman Chapter12

    Duration: 08min
  • 016 ARightWorthyWoman Chapter13

    Duration: 26min
  • 017 ARightWorthyWoman Chapter14

    Duration: 14min
  • 018 ARightWorthyWoman Chapter15

    Duration: 17min
  • 019 ARightWorthyWoman Chapter16

    Duration: 14min
  • 020 ARightWorthyWoman Chapter17

    Duration: 34min
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