Rosa Kershaw Walker

Rosa Kershaw Walker
"A Woman of the Century"
BornRosa (or, Rose) Sarah Kershaw
1840s
Mississippi, U.S.
DiedMay 7, 1909
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Resting placeBellefontaine Cemetery
Pen nameR. K. Walker
Occupation
  • author
  • journalist
  • editor
LanguageEnglish
Notable worksAmericans of gentle birth and their ancestors : a genealogical encyclopedia
Spouse
  • Charles Frederick Turnbull
    (m. 1861; died 1870)
  • Howard Walker
Children3

Rosa Kershaw Walker (née, Kershaw; after first marriage, Turnbull; after second marriage, Walker; literary initials, R. K. Walker; 1840s – May 7, 1909) was an American author, journalist, and newspaper editor of the long nineteenth century. She was one of the best-known literary women in St. Louis, Missouri,[1] and a pioneer woman journalist of that city.[2]

  1. ^ "MRS. ROSA KERSHAW-WALKER WILL BE BURIED SUNDAY". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 7 May 1909. p. 2. Retrieved 24 May 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference StLouisPostDispatch-26may1895 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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