In starting and growing her leasing business, Leezee had become very aware of the inequality of being a woman in a "man's" business. Banks paid little attention to her requests for lines of credit and loans in the beginning, and it was tough getting the money to grow. 

One day Leezee got a visit from two ladies who had the same problem and their timing could not have been better. She had just been turned down by the only bank where she had any leverage and she was “hopping mad!” Leezee recalls, “it was very clear that they turned me down because I was young and female and in their words, ‘could not possibly succeed!’" There two women, who were named Dixie Pemberton and Nancy Felipe Russo, had contemplated starting the first nationally Chartered Women's Bank in the nation. Someone had given them Leezee’s name and they had come to see if she was interested in joining them.  The answer was a resounding, YES!