At age 15 she worked as a teacher in Groton, New Hampshire, where she taught at a district school, boarding with families in the community.

[1][2][3] The Mason Street schoolhouse was the first public school to be built in San Diego County,[4][5] and taught 35 students of ages 4 to 17 in a single classroom.

[2] Walker met a stewardess who had helped her when she was seasick during her trip to San Francisco, and invited her to lunch at the Franklin House hotel.

At the height of the controversy, Walker became engaged to senior trustee Ephraim Weed Morse and resigned her position after the 1866 spring semester.

[8] After retirement from teaching in public school, Walker did much work towards the suffragette movement and helping impoverished people.

[12] At the height of the controversy, Walker became engaged to Ephraim Weed Morse, a senior trustee, and resigned her position as a teacher after the 1866 spring semester.

[13] [14] Estelle Lauer, vice president for programs at Lemon Grove Historical Society said of her in 2014: "She bridged America east and west, as well as past and present.