"Black women are often asked to carry extraordinary responsibility inside systems that were never designed for us to thrive." - @drjanellewilliams It was only in 1974 that the Equal Credit Opportunity Act made it illegal for banks to deny women credit simply because of their…

gender. Before that, many women needed a male co-signer just to obtain a credit card. And it was not until 1988 that women could legally obtain business financing without a male co-signer. That is not ancient history. Many of the women who built the foundations of our communities did so without access to the financial tools that build wealth. And yet—they built anyway. SALUTE. #womensequalityday #wearekindredfutures