Harriet Granger Hulet Walker was an American hospital administrator and leader in the temperance movement.
Background
She was born in Brunswick, Ohio in the United States. Her mother, whose last name was Granger, came from Berkshire County in Massachusetts, like Walker"s father. Her mother"s husband, the Honorable Fletcher Hulet, was a "prosperous businessman" who owned a quarry that sold grindstones.
Education
She attended Baldwin University and in 1863 married T. B. Walker. Walker studied vocal and instrumental music at what is today Baldwin-Wallace College, and then taught music for two years.
Career
They later lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota and had eight children. Later in life, "s husband would go to Minneapolis-Saint Paul to sell grindstones and meet James J. Hill when he was a young clerk who later was involved with the Great Northern Railway, Northern Pacific Railway, and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. Her father"s father served in the American Revolutionary War and participated in the Battle of Bunker Hill.
They were engaged and wanted to live in Minneapolis.
The Reverend J. Wheeler, president of Baldwin University, married them. Wheeler was "s brother in law.
Her husband had to travel for his work for months at a time, so their first years were difficult. died in New York City in 1917 and was buried in Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis. Her gravestone says "Harriet Hulet " but she is called "Harriet G. " by the Minnesota Historical Society as well as by Isaac Atwater.
The home on Hennepin Avenue was a public art gallery now known as the Art Center, today about a mile from the house, for many years was connected to and shared a lobby with the Guthrie Theater.
The family"s art gallery was in one or more other locations prior to the present one. T. B. commissioned galleries to be built around the house to start with to house his extensive collection. In about 1914 the house was torn down.
The State Theatre in downtown Minneapolis is on the site today, renovated with a few other theaters in the area, and is part of one of the city"s entertainment districts.
Membership
Walker was president of Northwestern Hospital, now Abbott Northwestern Hospital of Allina Health, from 1862 to 1917, president of the Bethany Home now Walker Methodist Home, and worked with or was a member of the Women"s Council of the City of Minneapolis, Hennepin Avenue Methodist Church, the Nonpartisan National Women"s Christian Temperance Union, and the Minneapolis Association Opposed to the Further Extension of Suffrage to Women.