- Evalyn Smith Nesbitt Tome France
Evalyn Smith Nesbitt Tome France was the first woman president of a national bank.
She was the wife of Senator from Maryland Dr.
Joseph Irwin France . She was the widow ofJacob Tome , and co-founder with him of theTome School inPort Deposit, Maryland . She died from complications from an operation inBaltimore, Maryland . She was president of the Cecil National Bank,Port Deposit, Maryland (1898-1905) and of the National Bank of Elton, Maryland (1898-1904).References
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Time (magazine) ; Monday,May 2 ,1927
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