07/06/2025
Until 1974 in the USA women were unable to open a bank account or acquire a line of credit without a man co-signing.
The financial services industry was led by (usually white) men. So eight women came together to turn everything around by opening their own Women's Bank.
Carol Green, Judi Wagner, LaRae Orullian, Gail Schoettler, Wendy Davis, Joy Burns, Beverly Martinez, and Edna Mosely founded the bank's board by each pitching in $1,000.
On 14 July 1978 The Women's Bank opened for business. People stood in line down the street in downtown Denver to deposit their money.The first day's deposits exceeded $1 million.
💡 𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄? 𝗕𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟰 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗦𝗔, 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗮 𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗼-𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴. 😲 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁! 𝗜𝗻 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟴, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 $𝟭 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻. 💰🙌
𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗯𝗹𝗮𝘇𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱. 💪✨
𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱'𝘀 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻:
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