Rosa Kershaw Walker

Rosa Kershaw Walker
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, and a pioneer woman journalist of that city.