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Washington-Williams has said that she did not reveal she was Thurmond's daughter during his lifetime because it " wasn't to the advantage of either one of us.
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Washington-Williams has numerous grandchildren.
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Washington-Williams said she would apply for membership in the United Daughters of the Confederacy, based on her heritage through Thurmond to ancestors who fought as Confederate soldiers.
Washington-Williams said that she intended to be active on behalf of the Black Patriots Foundation, which was raising funds to build a monument on the National Mall in Washington D. C. to honor American blacks who served in the American Revolutionary War.
After Thurmond's family acknowledged the truth of Washington-Williams ' revelation, Wilson apologized, but said that he still thought that she should not have revealed that Thurmond was her father.
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Six months after the death of Thurmond, Essie Mae Washington-Williams publicly revealed that she was his daughter.
Washington-Williams joined the Daughters of the American Revolution and the United Daughters of the Confederacy, as she was eligible through her Thurmond ancestry.
In 2003 Essie Mae Washington-Williams announced that she was the natural daughter of the late Senator Strom Thurmond ( which his family confirmed ), born in 1925 when he was 22 and her mother Carrie Butler was 16 and a housekeeper at his parents ' house.
Washington-Williams did not reveal her biological father's identity until she was 78 years old, after Thurmond's death in 2003.
In 2005, Washington-Williams was awarded an honorary Ph. D. in education from South Carolina State University at Orangeburg when she was invited to speak at their commencement ceremony.
In 2003, Essie Mae Washington-Williams revealed that she was the daughter of Wilson's former employer, the late Senator Strom Thurmond, and Thurmond's black maid.
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Six months after Thurmond's death in 2003, it was revealed that at age 22, he had fathered a mixed-race daughter, Essie Mae Washington-Williams, with his family's maid, Carrie Butler, a 16-year-old black girl.
After Thurmond's death in 2003, an attorney for his family confirmed that in 1925, when he was 22, Thurmond fathered a mixed-race daughter, Essie Mae Washington-Williams, with his family's housekeeper, Cassie Butler, then 16 years old.
Though Thurmond never publicly acknowledged Washington-Williams while he was alive, he continued to give her financial support well into her adult life.
Many close friends, staff members, and South Carolina residents had long suspected that Washington-Williams was Thurmond's daughter, as they had noted his interest in her.
When Washington-Williams announced her family connection, it was acknowledged by the Thurmond family.
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After Washington-Williams came forward, the Thurmond family publicly acknowledged her parentage.
In 2004 Washington-Williams announced her intention to join the UDC.
Essie Mae Washington-Williams ( born October 12, 1925 ) is the oldest child of the late Strom Thurmond, the former Governor of South Carolina and longtime United States Senator.
Washington-Williams graduated from college, earned a master's, married and had a family, and had a 30-year career as a teacher.
After high school, Washington-Williams worked as a nurse at Harlem Hospital in New York City, and took a course in business education at New York University.
Washington-Williams still lives in Los Angeles.
* Essie Mae Washington-Williams and William Stadiem, Dear Senator: A Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thurmond, Regan Books, 2005.
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