Women's Bank of Denver

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The Women's Bank of Denver was founded in 1975 by B. LaRae Orullian,[1] Gail Schoettler, Carol Green and Bonnie Andrikopolous. Others involved were Wendy W. Davis, Loretta Norgren, Leslie Friedman Davis, Betty Sue Freedman, Beverly A. (Martinez) Grall, Barbara Grall, Barbara Welch Sudler, Edna Mosley, Michael Feinstein, and Judith Foster.

It was sold in 1995, and renamed the Colorado Business Bank.[1][2]

First Woman's Bank of Tennessee was the first women's bank in the United States, having been founded in 1917.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "'A Bank For All People': Remembering The Women's Bank | Denver Public Library History". history.denverlibrary.org.
  2. ^ "Who is in this year's Colorado Women's Hall of Fame class?". March 11, 2016.