Mabel Walker

Mabel Cordelia Holloway Walker (May 2, 1902 – July 8, 1987), an American-Bahamian suffragist, was the founding president of the Bahamas Union of Teachers and the first woman to head a trade union in The Bahamas. Walker along with Mary Ingraham, Georgianna Symonette, and Eugenia Lockhart started the Women's Suffrage Movement that campaigned for universal adult suffrage. In 2012, on the fiftieth anniversary of women gaining the right to vote, the Bahamian government created a series of postage stamps to honor these women. Walker appeared on a 50-cent stamp. She was the sixth of nine children.

While in college, she was active in the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) movement, attending many conferences of the YWCA. Walker was the founding president, making her the first women to be the president of a trade union in The Bahamas. and The Bahamas Union of Teachers' Walker Hall