From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)
Walters, Katie Knox
(born: 1859 - died: 1896)Born in Louisville, KY, Katie was the daughter of Louis and Kittie Knox. She became a Christian advocate on behalf of her husband Bishop Alexander Walter's work in the AMEZ Church as well as an activist in the Colored YWCA in New York City where she chaired the library committee. She had earlier served as vice president of the Women's Home and Missionary Society in California.
According to authors Franklin and Savage, Walters raised the largest amount of money in the New Jersey AME Zion Annual Conference in 1898. [Katie Walters' death year is given as 1896 in Bishop Walters' biography.]
Katie Knox Walters was the first wife of Bishop Alexander Walters, whom she met in Indianapolis, IN and married in 1877; they became the parents of five children. The family was living in Jersey City, NY, when Katie Walters died.
For more see African American Women and Christian Activism by J. Wisenfeld; My Life and Work by A. Walters [available full text at Documenting the American South]; and p. 98 of Cultural Capital and Black Education, by V. P. Franklin and C. J. Savage.
