1814: The Untold Fight for Women’s Financial Freedom
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1814: The Untold Fight for Women’s Financial Freedom
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Today, we’re diving into an extraordinary story of defiance and determination—how a group of bold women in Denver turned financial discrimination into a catalyst for change by founding the first women-owned bank in the country. Our guest is Grace L. Williams, a trailblazing financial journalist whose work has appeared in Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and Harvard Business Review. She brings her signature clarity and depth to her new book, Give Her Credit: The Untold Account of a Women's Bank That Empowered a Generation.
The book tells the riveting story of the Women’s Bank of Denver, founded in 1978 by pioneers like Carol Green and B. LaRae Orullian. In an era when women couldn’t even get a loan without a male co-signer, this bank became a radical act of financial empowerment—and a powerful symbol of what women can build when they back each other.