The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-28
Some Notable Women Bankers of America

Reesor was made manager the Grown
bank had between 1000 and 5000 women
depositors. Its business with women had
increased SO immensely that It had IS
clerks employed In the womens depart
ment alone. Those rooms that were prac-
tieally vacant now became s,ngularly at
tractive to women, and inside of two
years they were accommodating from
1000 to 1900 visitors a month
Mrs. Reesor has studied banking prac-
tically and theoretically. She has found
banking a live, throbbing business. She
says it appeals TO the heart as well to
the mind. She says there is nothing dry
nor uninteresting about 1t, On the con-
trary. she considers it one of the most
interesting fields In which to work.
Miss Harriet E. Moorehouse, who, some
years ago. became superintendent of the
women's department of the Portland
Trust company of Portland, ore, ranks
with Mrs. Reesor as one of the recog-
nized writer's on banking, especially of
the woman's account One of the things
that led the directors of the New York
bank to consider the advisability of Great
ing its woman's department vas book
let written by Miss Moorehonse. The
facts she put forth In that booklet made
them ask themselves If they weren't over
looking a great opportunity right here in
the woman client at every angle, and has
presented her findings In way that Is
particularly interesting
Another prominent writer on banking
subjects is Miss Minnie Hester. assistant
cashier Of the Lee County bank of Lex
ington, Tex. So far as her observation
goes, the women of the southwest have
no such antagonism to women tellers as
has been demonstrated in Boston and one
or two other eastern cities. To Miss
Hester, perhaps more than to any other
one person, is due the credit for the or
ganizaton of the first Womens Bankers
association in the world. Texas today has
more women bankers than any other state
in the union
There were so many women members
b of tho Texas Banking association that
Miss Hester got the notion that it would
be good thing to create Women s
Pankers' association as an Independent
Institution. Last year when the Texas
bankers had their convention at San An
tcnio the idea was launched. Fifty
women bankers of the state were among
the charter members. 1t never was ap-
preciated until that time how large was
the influence of women in bank affairs
in Texas.
Some really fair sized financial mstitu-
tions of the Lone Star state, 1t was
discovered had women as presidents or
es mana ging executives. For example:
The Coggin National bank of Browns
wood has Mrs. S. r. Coggin as vice pres
ident; Mrs. Annie McLane Fowler is pres
iGent of the Icirst National bank of Mt.
Pleasant, and Miss NJ. l.. Riddle is the
senior member of the banking concern
which is operated under the style of NJ
l.. Riddle & Co. at Austin, Tex. Miss
Riddle is a banker of some renown. She
formerly was head of the banking de-
partment of the state of Texas, and un-
til recently was editor of The Texas
Bankers sRecord. the official publication
of the Texas Bankers association. She
has written a digest of he Texas bank
ing laws She is a very handsome young
woman. The men of Texas are always
complimentary where women are con-
cerned and especially so when the woman
is beauty. When they speak of Miss
Riddle they declare she is the best banker
in the south, and then they will go on and
say that she is as good a banker as there
is in the world, and they would like to
sec her in Wall street.
Miss Robbie Carikar is cashier of
the Gushing State bank at Cushing,
Tex. Her father is one of the big
merchants of east Texas. His business
was so hig that he needed a bank.
When he established one he placed
his daughter in charge. 1t is six years
since Miss Cari<ar took hold of that
bank. 1t flcurished from the day she
went into 1t. She IS less than 80.
Miss Kate Mitcnell, cashier of the
Mitchell l;rothers' Banking company of
Franklin. Tex, is said to be one of
the cleverest business women in the
southwest.
Some of the other women prominent
in Texas banking circles are Miss
Susie Shake, assistant cashier of the
First National Bank of Mineral Wells;
Miss Annie 1. Allen. trust officer of
the Texarkana Trust company; Miss
Lydie Littman. secretary of the Texas
Bankers association; Miss Leffler Cor
bett. teller of the Austin National
bank Austin Miss Ruth Waldrop,
cashier of the Comanche National bank,
Comanche; Miss Nan Holland, cashier
of the First State bank, Poolville. and
Miss Bess Ramsey assistant cashier
OF the Woodson State bank at Wood
son.
There Is no section of the country
now that hasn't its women bankers.
Even in the national capital there is
a woman banker. She probably knows