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Ernesta G. Procope
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“We're not selling potatoes or onions. We're selling service.”
Ernesta G. Procope (1923–2021) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Emphasizing the importance of service in the insurance business. Interview June 13, 2006
“The industry does nothing to attract young people to the business.”
Ernesta G. Procope (1923–2021) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ernesta G. Procope talks about the insurance industry and its history Interview June 13, 2006
“I don't give up.”
Ernesta G. Procope (1923–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They didn't know that Bedford-Stuyvesant had substantial, middle-class homeowners, blacks and whites, who needed and deserved coverage.”
Ernesta G. Procope (1923–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It's been a constant battle to open doors and get a chance to show what we can do.”
Ernesta G. Procope (1923–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Here was a black company from Bedford-Stuyvesant coming to Wall Street–that was significant. It showed that we had entered the mainstream of the American economy, And it opened doors for other blacks.”
Ernesta G. Procope (1923–2021) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ernesta Procope: An insurance pioneer. July 05, 2009
“This wasn't a neighborhood at risk. These were well-built, owner-occupied brownstones.”
Ernesta G. Procope (1923–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We have continued to insure and service the people in the Bedford-Stuyvesant community.”
Ernesta G. Procope (1923–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There remain vestiges of racism and sexism that continue to make our job more difficult than it should be. But significant progress has been made over the last 50 years. We look forward to an America where people are only judged by their abilities and talents and willingness to work.”
Ernesta G. Procope (1923–2021) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Today's Pride of Bed-Stuy: Ernesta G. Procope. February 18, 2012
“I never operated with a complex—as a woman, as a black woman, as a black. But instead, as a person in business. We knew there were problems, but I could not let that be a deterrent to me.”
Ernesta G. Procope (1923–2021) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From Storefront to Wall Street, Ernesta G. Procope Has Blazed Trails in Insurance and Real Estate. August 4, 2014