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Right Worthy Woman : A Novel by Ruth P. Watson (2024, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherSimon & Schuster, Incorporated

ISBN-101668003031

ISBN-139781668003039

eBay Product ID (ePID)15059117133

Product Key Features

Book TitleRight Worthy Woman : a Novel

Number of Pages304 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2024

TopicAfrican American / Historical, Biographical, Historical

GenreFiction

AuthorRuth P. Watson

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight9.3 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2022-054545

Dewey Edition23/eng/20221110

ReviewsHistory that's never been told is being shared by master storyteller Ruth Watson in such an epic way.

TitleLeadingA

Dewey Decimal813/.6

SynopsisIn the vein of The Personal Librarian and The House of Eve , a " remarkable and stirring novel" (Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling author) based on the inspiring true story of Virginia's Black Wall Street and the indomitable Maggie Lena Walker, the daughter of a formerly enslaved woman who became the first Black woman to establish and preside over a bank in the United States. Maggie Lena Walker was ambitious and unafraid. Her childhood in 19th-century Virginia helping her mother with her laundry service opened her eyes to the overwhelming discrepancy between the Black residents and her mother's affluent white clients. She vowed to not only secure the same kind of home and finery for herself, but she would also help others in her community achieve the same. With her single-minded determination, Maggie buckled down and went from schoolteacher to secretary-treasurer of the Independent Order of St. Luke, founder of a newspaper, a bank, and a department store where Black customers were treated with respect. With the help of influential friends like W.E.B. DuBois and Mary McLeod, she revolutionized Richmond in ways that are still felt today. Now, "with rich period detail and emotional impact" (Tracey Enerson Wood, author of The Engineer's Wife ), her riveting full story is finally revealed in this stirring and intimate novel.

LC Classification NumberPS3623.A8736R54 2023