Smithsonian Voices

From the Smithsonian Museums

Rachel F. Seidman

Curator of Women’s Environmental History, Anacostia Community Museum

Candid black and white photo of people walking down the street. Two women face the camera in the foreground under an awning with the words “The First Women’s Bank” on it.

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