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(BUSINESS--FINANCIAL.) Group of items relating to bank president Maggie Lena Walker and her Order of St. Luke. 4 items, various sizes, in one folder. Richmond, VA, 1935-1952 and undated
Pinback badge with relief portrait of "Founder of the Independent Order of St. Luke 1867, Mary Prout." 1¼ inches in diameter. On verso, reads "The possessor of this badge is a commissioned officer of the R.W.G. Council of the I.O. of St. Luke." Mary Prout (1800-1884) founded the benevolent society where Maggie Walker later launched her career.
Pinback button, "I.O. of St. Luke, R.W.G. Council, Richmond, Va.: Our Inspiration, Maggie L. Walker," in red and blue on white and featuring her portrait. 1¾ inches in diameter, on a 16-inch length of yarn; minor wear on verso.
"Program, Forty-Fifth Annual Session of the Virginia State Federation of Women's Clubs." [16] pages, 12 x 9 inches, in original printed wrappers. Featuring a first page portrait of Walker, "dedicated to Maggie L. Walker and all pioneer workers," with a short poem by Mary Taylor Carter titled "Maggie Walker as I Knew Her." Richmond, VA, 24 June 1952.
Benefit certificate in the Juvenile Department of the Right Worthy Grand Council, Independent Order of St. Luke, 16 x 10 inches. Richmond, VA, 6 May 1935.
With--two pieces from the unrelated National Ideal Benefit Society.
