to charter and head a bank in the United States was an African American woman?

And did you know she did it before women had the right to vote? She did it when

those in power were still solidly mandating segregation, in fact, she started

her bank 61 years before segregation was outlawed in the United States. She did

it even though she was also raising 3 children, heading a large fraternal

organization, and running a newspaper, which, by the way, she also founded.