Biography on fannie b peck credit union
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istory books are filled with pictures of White people who helped shape our nation with a few standout exceptions like Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass. And Detroit history can have a similar slant. After all, among the most prominent statues immortalizing Detroit difference-makers, we’ve got one that stands out-the Joe Louis fist.
And yet we’ve been here far longer. We petitioned state government to organize our first church, Second Baptist, on March 5, 1836. We are a big part of the tapestry of this town, and it’s important to pay tribute to our people and our stories during Black History Month and always.
Throughout my career as a newspaper reporter and radio and television broadcaster, I’ve had the opportunity to share the stories of countless people who’ve made their mark-large and small-on Detroit. Some of these people, like Rosa Parks, are household names-and some should be. The following six people are among that group: exceptional but n
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Fannie Peck, courtesy of Detroit Public Library
Fannie Peck was the wife of Rev. William Peck, a respected civil and religious leader in Detroit and pastor of Bethel A.M.E. Church. Fannie championed female domestic workers and founded the National Housewives League, headquartered in Detroit, to empower these women. The League fought the meat packing industry due to its high prices and with the help of Chicago housewives, participated in a march that crippled the industry. Peck was a woman of deep faith and in 1936 created the Fannie B. Peck Bethel AME Church Credit Union, which was a stable financial institution for decades.
Ruth Ellis was an African American entrepreneur and an open lesbian during the 1930s, a time when discussing sexual orientation was taboo. In 1938, she moved to Detroit and opened up a print shop which was quite a feat as less than 1% of business owners were African American women. Ellis’s home became a haven for African American gays and lesbians; throu
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New class of Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame includes 6 contemporary, historical figures
Six women with Michigan roots, three contemporary and three historical, will man up the newest class of achievers to be inducted into the Michigan Women’s ingång of Fame, Michigan Women Forward announced late Wednesday in a news release. .
The women being honored by Michigan Women Forward, which is a community development organization that focuses on economic opportunity, empowering the next generation and celebrating Michigan women, include Rosalind Brewer, Diana Sieger, Debra White-Hunt, the late Lila Neuenfelt, the late Fannie Peck and the late Sarah Ray.
"As inom was reading these six women's nomination forms back in the spring, it was clear," said Meaghan Bergman, schema manager of UGOGirls and HERstory for Michigan Women Forward. "It was just an immediate ‘yes.’ These women are ingångsrum of famers."
A virtual ceremony at noon Oct. 26 will honor the women who will join a group of 333 other h