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Emma Rowena Gatewood (née Caldwell; October 25, 1887 – June 4, 1973), [1] better known as Grandma Gatewood, was an American ultra-light hiking pioneer. After a difficult life as a farm wife, mother of eleven children, and survivor of domestic violence, she became famous as the first solo female thru-hiker of the 2,168-mile (3,489 km) Appalachian Trail (A.T.) in 1955 at the age of 67.
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The page title of "Grandma Gatewood" looks unencyclopedic if not disrespectful (cf notorious headline "San Diego mother wins Nobel prize", for Maria Goeppert Mayer in 1967). It would be better if the title of this biography was her actual name. Grandma Gatewood could still be a re-route.--Wuerzele 23:29, 11 March 2019 (UTC) I agree.
Charles B. Gatewood, military officer who persuaded Geronimo to surrender to the US Army; Curtis Gatewood (born 1985), American football linebacker; Doug Gatewood, Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives; George David Gatewood (born 1940), American astronomer; Grandma Gatewood (1887–1973), extreme hiker and ultra-light hiking ...
That December, he officially premiered “Grandma” when the band played the long-gone Railhead steakhouse-bar near Park Lane. “When you’re singing in bars,” he said, “novelty songs get ...
Updated on November 1, 2022: Renowned decorator and antiques connoisseur Timothy Furlow Gatewood passed away on October 29, 2022.Often described as a true Southern gentleman, Gatewood was ...
Hulda Hoehn Crooks (May 19, 1896 – November 23, 1997) was an American mountaineer, dietitian and vegetarianism activist. Affectionately known as "Grandma Whitney" she successfully scaled 14,505-foot (4,421 m) Mount Whitney 23 times between the ages of 65 and 91.