A Mysterious Bank
Criminal
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The Rise and Fall of the Ladies' Deposit
The ladies' deposit only took single unmarried women and widows as customers. Sarah reportedly dressed in her best clothes to sell that to them under the guise of, and you can be just like me. She played upon women's insecurity about what to do with their money. Most of the women who put money in the bank were mostly women from a working class or lower middle class background.
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