BIOGRAPHIES
Ransom, Candice

Maggie L. Walker: Pioneering Banker and Community Leader

(3) 4-6 Trailblazer Biographies series. These biographies about two women ahead of their times balance engaging narratives with well-documented quotations and facts. Information is accessible, and the overall structure of the texts is readable and well organized. Photographs effectively supplement the writing. Back matter includes thorough source notes and additional relevant materials. Overall these are very readable introductions to little-recognized figures from American history. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., ind. Review covers these Trailblazer Biographies titles: Belva Lockwood and Maggie L. Walker.

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