Walker Maggie L (8 results)

Condition: New. Sánchez, Sr. (illustrator).

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition. Sánchez, Sr. (illustrator).

Condition: New. Sánchez, Sr. (illustrator).

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition. Sánchez, Sr. (illustrator).

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 188pp. Illustrated reproducing black and white photographs, including portraits of Mrs. Maggie L. Walker and other African-American members of the order, the Saint Luke Building, etc. Printed wrappers. Small tears at the crown, else near fine. A rich source of information about this important African-American fraternal order and business enterprise. Text includes a state-by-state directory of delegates, the annual report by Walker, financial and statistical reports, additional texts by Walker, including her 33-line poem "Let's Go!" Also included is a detailed account of the four-day meeting, reports by various committees, a list of officers and board members, etc. Not in *Blockson* or *Work* (see Blockson 3302 for a later title related to Walker, and the Independent Order of Saint Luke. Unrecorded by *OCLC* (which does note a single holding of a 1933 edition, held by Duke). The association was founded in 1867 by a former slave, Mary Prout, to assist the sick and aged, and to bury its members. Under the leadership of Walker, the Society became involved in various business interests, including the ownership of the largest African-American bank in Richmond, Virginia. Maggie Lena Mitchell (1867-1934) was born in Richmond, Virginia. Her mother was formerly enslaved, and her father was an Irish-born abolitionist and journalist. "At the age of 14 she joined the local council of the Independent Order of St. Luke, a fraternal burial society, established in 1867, in Baltimore, administered to the sick and aged, promoted humanitarian causes and encouraged individual self-help and integrity." According to the National Women's History Museum, in 1902 Mrs. Walker established a newspaper, *The St. Luke Herald* and founded the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank in 1903 where she served as the bank's first president becoming the first woman to charter a bank in the United States. Later the bank merged with two other Richmond banks to become The Consolidated Bank and Trust Company, the oldest continually African American-operated bank in the United States that continues to this day. (James, *Notable American Women - Vol. III*, p. 530; Mjagkij, *Organizing Black America: Encyclopedia of African American Associations*, p. 233).…

Unbound. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Revised edition. Broadside. Single sheet of pale pink paper. Printed on recto only. Measuring 4½" x 11". Two old creases from folding, else a fine copy. The Right Worthy Grand Council, Independent Order of Saint Luke was founded in 1867 by the formerly enslaved Mary Prout. The St. Luke Society was founded to assist the sick and aged, and to bury its members. Under the leadership of Maggie Walker, the Society became involved in various business interests, including the ownership of the largest African-American bank in Richmond, Virginia. The broadside lists 55 individually priced items offered for sale, including books (bibles, law books, rituals, etc.), regalia, swords, crosses, gavels, seals, buttons, badges, etc. States "Revised List January, 1921." "Maggie Lena Mitchell (1867-1934) was born in Richmond, Virginia. At the age of 14 she joined the local council of the Independent Order of St. Luke, a fraternal burial society, established in 1867 in Baltimore, administered to the sick and aged, promoted humanitarian causes and encouraged individual self-help and integrity. In 1902 Mrs. Walker established a newspaper, 'The St. Luke Herald' [and] in 1903 she founded the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank [and] served as the bank's first president, [making her] the first woman to charter a bank in the United States. [Under her leadership] the bank merged with two other Richmond banks to become The Consolidated Bank and Trust Company, [thriving today] as the oldest continually African American-operated bank in the United States" (National Park Service site; also, James, 'Notable American Women,' Vol. III, p. 530; Mjagkij, 'Organizing Black America: Encyclopedia of African American Associations,' p. 233). Unrecorded by *OCLC*, which does note a few holdings of other ephemeral publications by the Independent Order of St. Luke.…