Right Worthy Grand Mission: Maggie Lena Walker and the Quest for Black Economic Empowerment
"Maggie Lena Walker's story, and that of the organization to which she dedicated her all, begins in 1867 with a nation struggling to repair the ruptures torn by slavery, rushing headlong into the Industrial Age. At age 14, Walker joined a floundering African American fraternal and cooperative insurance society that later became the Independent Order of St. Luke. She rose rapidly through its ranks to assume leadership as Right Worthy Grand Secretary-Treasurer in 1890, becoming a pioneering...
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As Right Worth Grand Secretary-Treasurer of the Independent Order of St. Luke, an African American fraternal and cooperative insurance society, Maggie Lena Walker (186?-1934) is credited with single-handedly bringing the organization back from the brink of insolvency by biographer Marlowe (a former anthropology professor at Howard U.). Walker, who became the wealthiest African American women known through her founding and steering of the first Black-owned bank, is also lauded as one of the great African American leaders of her time. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
ForewordixPrefacexiiiAcknowledgmentsxixIntroductionxxiii1Early Years12Stepping Up To Leadership273Voicing A New Vision544Theory Into Action795Preserving Gains1086Politics Of Prominence1377Reignited Activism1678A Stately Descent2009Lasting Legacy236Appendix AIndependent Order of St. Luke Membership Figures262Appendix BThe Will Controversy268Index272
