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Priscilla Wakefield, Mother of Microsavings, Has Her Own Blog

By
David Roodman
April 14, 2010

Priscilla Wakefield, founder of the first savings bank in 1798, forgotten pioneer of financial service for the poor, now has her own blog: Priscilla Wakefield: Travels in juvenile literature, maintained by Ruth Graham of New Zealand.

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