MAY 18 BINA

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY :May 18, 2025 Bina West Miller, visionary Republican Entrepreneur Bina West Miller, born near Detroit, May 18th 1867. At first a teacher, in 1892 she founded a life insurance company for women. Until then, high mortality risk had left them without this means of financial security. Within a decade, the Woman's Life Insurance Society had one hundred thousand clients. This farsighted entrepreneur was a lifelong Republican. President Coolidge praised her at a Republican Women Conference. Miller was Michigan GOP Vice Chair as well as National Committeewoman. She delivered a nominating speech for the GOP’s 1928 national convention, then served on Herbert Hoover’s Planning Committee on Child Health and Protection. A newspaper named her the state’s top businesswoman, and the Associated Press called her "one of the five greatest women in America." https://rumble.com/v46ln0u-spotlighting-the-conference-of-national-republican-committee-women.html