First Woman's Bank of Tennessee

[1] The bank was the first in the United States to be managed and directed entirely by women.

[2] The novel concept resulted in a total of $20,000 in deposits on its first day of business, October 6, 1919.

Lulu Bringhurst Epperson owned the hotel at the time and was the first to make a deposit.

[1] Men and women were permitted to maintain savings and investment accounts.

[4] Runyon resigned her position in 1926 due to failing health and was unable to secure a successor.