Women’s History Month Part 3: Lisa Rice: The Woman Who Has Been Dismantling Redlining One Case at a Time
In 1963, while waiting for her daughter to be born, Lisa Rice’s mother decided she wanted to buy a home. She selected Sylvania — a suburb of Toledo, Ohio, that was at the time entirely white. She called a real estate agent. The agent told her that she could not be shown a home in […]
Women’s History Month Part 2: Graça Machel: A Lifelong Advocate for Children, Education, and Social Progress
From the early years of Mozambique’s independence to the global stage of humanitarian advocacy, Graça Machel’s life work has centered on protecting the rights of children and expanding opportunities for communities that have historically been overlooked. Her voice has shaped conversations about education, social justice, and child welfare across Africa and around the world. Machel’s […]
Women’s History Month 2026 Part 1: Maggie Lena Walker
MAGGIE LENA WALKER Banker. Entrepreneur. Richmond, Virginia | 1864 – 1934 | Banking, Finance & Black Economic Self-Determination By Eric Lawrence Frazier, MBA | The Power Is Now Media WHO SHE WAS, IN FULL There is a house on Leigh Street in Richmond, Virginia, that the National Park Service now maintains as a historic site. […]
Ruby
She married young, ready to take on life, Ready to love, to lead, to be a wife, She built a house where discipline ran deep, And raised up daughters she intended to keep. She was an entrepreneur before she knew the name, Always with an idea, always with a flame, A dealmaker, a designer, […]
The Frazier Woman: A Tribute to Ruby Lee Frazier and the Daughters She Raised
By Eric Lawrence Frazier, MBA The picture in the header of this article is one of many group pictures I have of my wife and daughters. You can see more of them on the website of FrazierGroupRealty.com. They look like women who have stepped off the cover of Ebony magazine. They are Nubian queens — […]
