The pension record is the most formally documented acknowledgment in Walker’s official file of the specific cost her service had imposed. The Medal of Honor, whose administrative status changed twice, was a recognition of the service. The pension was a recognition of the damage the service had done. Both records were continuous through the period when her name was off the Medal of Honor rolls: the Army continued paying the pension while simultaneously not listing her among Medal of Honor recipients.
## The 2024 American Women Quarter
The American Women Quarters program, launched by the United States Mint in 2022 and running through 2025, was designed to honor American women who had made significant contributions to the country’s history. Each year featured five women, selected through a process involving the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and the Joint Committee on the Library.
Walker appeared on a 2024 quarter alongside four other women: Patsy Takemoto Mink (the first woman of color elected to Congress), Zitkala-Sa (Lakota writer and activist), Ida B. Wells (journalist and anti-lynching crusader), and Celia Cruz (Cuban-American salsa singer). The company reflects the program’s range across American history and cultural domains.
The quarter design shows Walker in profile, with her Medal of Honor visible. The choice to include the medal on the coin is significant: it places her specifically in the context of her military recognition, making the medal’s story — the award, the rescission, the restoration — implicit in the image for anyone who knows it.