^Fitzgerald's Legislative Manual, 1984, p. 251. Accessed November 18, 2017. "Jacqueline Walker, Dem., Matawan Assemblywoman Walker was born in Jersey City Nov. 7, 1941. She attended elementary school and Memorial High School in West New York. She was graduated at Jersey City State College in 1962, and received her M.A. there the following year. She has done additional graduate work at Columbia University Teachers College."
^"Assemblywoman realizes dream", Asbury Park Press, July 16, 1984. Accessed November 18, 2017. "...of the delegation is the latest coup in what has been a meteoric political career for the West New York native. What makes the selection all the more startling is that Mrs. Walker entered the Assembly, her first and only elected public office, only six months ago."