Amelia Himes Walker

After women secured the right to vote, Walker continued to honor the efforts of the suffragists.

[1] They raised three children there and the home also served as a place for entertaining and for suffragists, such as her close friend, Edith Hooker, to meet.

[5] Her husband attempted to pay the fine in order to release her, but Walker refused and said she would complete her prison sentence.

[5] The women were eventually pardoned by President Wilson not long after their arrest due to public outcry.

[7] She unsuccessfully ran for office in 1930, though she was the first woman to run for a seat in the Maryland House of Delegates from Baltimore County.

[9] Walker also continued to travel and attend events remembering women's suffrage and promoting the ERA.