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Maggie L. Walker

Maggie L. Walker

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Doing the dawdle

Sometimes it takes this city forever to get things done. Take the statue to the great lady of Richmond, Maggie L. Walker, who rose from poverty to become, among other things, the first African-American female to charter and run a bank in this country. Richmond just celebrated the 151st birthday of Mrs. Walker on July 15.