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Essie Mae Washington-Williams
Essie Mae Washington-Williams is an American teacher and author. She is best known as the eldest of Strom Thurmond, the governor of South Carolina and long-time US senator, known for his pro-racist policies. Métis, she was born to Carrie Butler, a 16-year-old African-American girl who worked as a housekeeper for Thurmond's parents, and to Thurmond, then 22 and single. Washington-Williams grew up in a family with one of his mother's sisters, not knowing her birth parents until 1938, when her mother visited Essie Mae and informed her that she was his mother. She graduated from college, got a master's degree, got married, raised a family and has 30 years of professionalism in education. Washington-Williams did not reveal the identity of his biological father until the age of 78, following Thurmond's death at age 100 in 2003.
BornEssie Mae Washington, October 12, 1925, Edgefield, South Carolina, U.S.
DiedFebruary 4, 2013, Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
EducationSouth Carolina State College, California State University, Los Angeles (B.A.), University of Southern California (M.Ed.)
OccupationTeacher
Children4
Parent(s)Strom Thurmond, Carrie Butler
RelativesPaul Thurmond (half-brother), James Strom Thurmond Jr. (half-brother)

About Essie Mae Washington-Williams

Memoirist Essie Mae Washington-Williams was born on October 12, 1925 in Edgefield, South Carolina, United States (She dies at the age of 87, on February 4, 2013).

She is well known for being the illegitimate African-American child of segregationist politician Politician Strom Thurmond. In 2005, she wrote Dear Senator, a Pulitzer-nominated biography.

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Essie Mae Washington-Williams before becoming famous

Essie Mae Washington-Williams was born in the Zodiac sign Libra (The Scales), and 1925 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Ox (牛).

She sought a nursing career in New York City's Harlem area after graduating from high school. She went on to study education at the University of Southern California and worked as a Los Angeles schoolteacher for thirty years.

Achievement of Essie Mae Washington-Williams

During the 1960s, she was active in the civil rights struggle.

Essie Mae Washington-Williams's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

When her real father, Politician Strom Thurmond, was twenty-two years old, she was born to the Thurmond family's sixteen-year-old servant. She didn't find out who her father was until she was a teenager. Carrie Butler, her mother, raised her.

Essie Mae Washington-Williams Collabed with

She was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize alongside Composer Bob Telson.

Essie Mae Washington-Williams Income & Net worth

Essie Mae Washington-Williams's income mainly comes from the work that created her reputation: a memoirist. Information about her net worth in 2024 is being updated as soon as possible by allfamous.org, you can contact to tell us Net Worth of the Essie Mae Washington-Williams.

Essie Mae Washington-Williams Height and Weight

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Latest information about Essie Mae Washington-Williams updated on March 18 2023.