Waurine Elizabeth (or Isabel) Walker (June 30, 1908 – July 22, 1987) was an American educator based in Texas.

[12][13] As NEA president, she lobbied for federal school building funds,[14] and appeared on television to discuss education issues.

[15] She tied many of her policy positions to the arrival of the baby boomers in American public schools, requiring more space and more teachers.

Upon the character and quality of teachers the effectiveness of all education depends.”[4] As former president in 1957, she addressed the NEA again, in the aftermath of Brown v. Board of Education ruling on school desegregation: "Fear to speak out on controversial issues seems to be growing," she said, before exhorting teachers to give students encouragement "to raise questions about economic, social and political issues in today's world.

[20] She was part of a US Department of Defense project to study the education of American military dependents overseas, and toured armed forces schools in Western Europe and East Asia.