Nellie Walker
ABOUT NELLIE WALKER
American sculptor who made the statue of James Harlan in Washington DC, as well as the statue of Chief Keokuk in Keokuk, Iowa.
She began using her father's tools and sculpting at age 17.
She was four foot eight and under 100 pounds.
Her father was Everett Walker, a stone carver and monument builder.
Her first noteworthy piece was a bust of Abraham Lincoln .
