Carrie Walls

Carrie Walls is more than an idol to me. She is someone who I would want to have similar traits to. Carrie Walls was one of the first graduates of a new HBCU, Spelman College, which is my dream college. Like many students, Carrie Walls came to Spelman from Columbus, Georgia. Carrie graduated with the highest honors in her class from the high school-level program at Spelman in 1888.  She had seven children. Two of their sons attended Morehouse in Atlanta. Carrie herself maintained strong ties with Spelman, making regular donations. She especially enjoyed receiving the annual presidential letter that provided an update to alumnae. In the 1934, she wrote to then-president Florence Read: "Please keep sending me the letters [about events there] as long as I live." Carrie died in Cleveland in December of 1935. If I were to meet Ms. Walls, I would probably invite her to come on Spelmans campus. I would walk with her, take her on a tour and hope that she would share some of her knowledge and secrets with me. Being in her presence and having an in-depth conversation with her would be pure gold to me.