"Grandma Gatewood Took a Walk" is based on a true story and opens at The Public Theater on Friday, May 8.
GALLIA COUNTY, Oh. (WSAZ) - Emma Gatewood walked into the history books. At 67 years old, she became the first woman to hike ...
Gatewood later completed the Appalachian Trail a second time and also tackled the Oregon Trail. A stage version of Emma Gatewood’s story is being performed this month at The Public Theatre in Lewiston ...
Emma Gatewood stands on the Oregon Trail, with her pack and an umbrella in tow. She hiked 2,000 miles of the trail in 1959, years after she thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail. When Emma Gatewood was 67 ...
"Grandma Gatewood Took a Walk" is based on a true story and opens at The Public Theater on Friday, May 8.
An article in National Geographic Magazine made hiking the Appalachian Trail sound like a lark to Emma Gatewood. When “Grandma” Gatewood started walking the trail in 1955, she wore red sneakers and ...
The Public Theatre will present the New England premiere of GRANDMA GATEWOOD TOOK A WALK, the true story of the first woman ...
In May 1955, when 67-year-old great-grandmother Emma Gatewood told her children that she was “going for a hike in the woods,” she left out a few important details. Like the fact that she was heading ...