Mary Walker

Mary Walker is a Tennessee historical marker in in Chattanooga, Hamilton County.

Hamilton Co., in Chattanooga

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Born a slave in Union Springs, Alabama, “Grandma” Walker moved to Chattanooga in 1917 and remained here until her death. At the age of 116 she enrolled in Chattanooga Area Literacy Movement class and learned to read, write, and solve arithmetic problems. She twice received Chattanooga’s Ambassador of Goodwill award and was declared the oldest student in the nation by the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

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1893 · Chattanooga, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1896 · Map of the Battlefields of Chattanooga and Wauhatchie (E. E. Betts, Chickamauga and… (Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division)
1924 · South Carolina. Florida. Georgia. Mississippi. Alabama. North Carolina. South Carolina. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1935 · East Chattanooga, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1942 · East Chattanooga, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

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Mary Walker

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