Dora Walker

Walker on her boat Good Faith at Whitby

Dora Walker (1890–1980) was a British woman who became the first female fishing boat skipper on the north East coast. She became an author writing her memoirs and also history and tales of the fishing community in Whitby and the North East Coast.[1]

  1. ^ Museum, Whitby. "Dora M. Walker (1890 – 1980)". whitbymuseum.org.uk. Whitby Museum. Retrieved 15 April 2019.