Rosa Lula Barnes
American businesswoman
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Rosa Lula Barnes (August 22, 1868 – 1917) was a grocer, real estate investor, and community leader Savannah, Georgia in the United States.[1][2][3]
Biography
Barnes was born in Huntsville, Alabama, in 1868 and was educated at Huntsville Normal and Industrial Institute. She moved to Savannah, Georgia,[1] where she married Richard Barnes in 1884 and opened a grocery store on Price Street, running the business for ten years until it closed in 1893.[3] During this time, she invested in real state and stock as well as serving as the Director to the Wage Earner’s Bank of Savannah and the Afro-American Company.[3] She was a leader in the Order of Calanthe, the women's auxiliary organization to the Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia.[1][2]
