<h1>Episode Notes</h1>
<p>The second greatest leader since Booker T. Washington. The wealthiest African-American woman in the whole country. A supporter of educational and social work. Newspapers glowingly described all of Maggie Lena Walker’s many accomplishments after her death in December 1934. But the story of her rise to a position of public esteem reads like fiction.</p>

Episode Notes The second greatest leader since Booker T. Washington. The wealthiest African-American woman in the whole country. A supporter of educational and social work. Newspapers glowingly described all of Maggie Lena Walker’s many accomplishments after her death in December 1934. But the story of her rise to a position of public esteem reads like fiction.

Episode Notes
<p>The second greatest leader since Booker T. Washington. The wealthiest African-American woman in the whole country. A supporter of educational and social work. Newspapers glowingly described all of Maggie Lena Walker’s many accomplishments after her death in December 1934. But the story of her rise to a position of public esteem reads like fiction.</p>

Week of Dec 15: Maggie Walker passes away

Sure, Virginia history includes big moments, big battles, and big names. But the richer history is full of smaller events occurring in the fullness of time. The disenfranchised, the nonconformists, and just regular people making Virginia history. Week in, week out. This Week in Virginia History explores those stories, curated by Nathan Moore and culled from the vast archives at Encyclopedia Virginia.

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Week of Dec 15: Maggie Walker passes away