AARP Hearing Center
Maggie L. Walker, the first Black woman to lead a U.S. bank, lived in her preserved Jackson Ward home for 30 years. Join us for a virtual tour of this National Historic Site.
About the Event
Maggie L. Walker (1864-1934) was a civil rights activist and fraternal leader who, in 1903, became best known as the first Black woman in America to become president of a bank. In 1904, Walker purchased an Italianate mansion at 110 ½ E. Leigh St. in Jackson Ward, Richmond, Virginia's largest predominately Black neighborhood. Walker lived in the home for her final 30 years, upgraded its technology and greatly expanded it to accommodate her growing family. Carefully preserved in the decades after her death, the home was sold to the National Park Service in 1979 by Walker's oldest granddaughter and became the centerpiece of the Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site. This Ranger-guided virtual tour offers audiences 360-degree views of Walker's elegant home and its many original objects.
In Person: AARP Nevada State Office, Las vegas, NV 
