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Culture Series: Bank on Her
March 20 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Free
Event Details:
Join HumanitiesDC and guest curators Ingrid Gillies and Leslie Aroon Wash for a celebration of Women’s History Month with “Bank on Her: Exploring the Impact of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA).” The event will celebrate this cornerstone piece of legislation, passed just fifty years ago, by exploring oral histories of women who experienced gender-based discrimination while pursuing lines of credit. Additionally, we will map the story of how the Equal Credit Opportunity Act came to be a national piece of legislation and discuss how women navigated their finances prior to the protections enacted in 1974. We shall also reveal the story of the Women’s National Bank, the first federally chartered women’s bank founded here in Washington, DC. The event will include a panel discussion, archival imagery, and clips from oral history interviews.
ASL Interpretation will be provided.
For More Information
Contact: Jimmy Watkins
Website: humanitiesdc.org
Email: jwatkins@humanitiesdc.org
Phone: 202.770.3077 Ext. 806
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