Dear senator : a memoir by the daughter of Strom Thurmond

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Label

Dear senator : a memoir by the daughter of Strom Thurmond

Title remainder

a memoir by the daughter of Strom Thurmond

Statement of responsibility

Essie Mae Washington-Williams and William Stadiem

Title variation

Memoir by the daughter of Strom Thurmond

Creator

• Washington-Williams, Essie Mae, 1925-2013

Contributor

• Stadiem, William

Subject

• Legislators -- United States -- Family relationships -- Case studies
• Racially mixed people -- United States -- Biography
• Southern States -- Race relations -- Case studies
• Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003 -- Family
• Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003 -- Relations with African Americans
• Daughters -- United States -- Biography
• Washington-Williams, Essie Mae, 1925-2013
• Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003 -- Relations with women

Genre

• Case studies
• Biography

Language

eng

Summary

The illegitimate daughter of the late Senator Strom Thurmond breaks her lifelong silence. "Her mother was Carrie Butler, a black teenager who worked as a maid on the Thurmond family's South Carolina plantation. The memoir reveals a brave young woman who struggled with the discrepancy between the father she knew -- financially generous, supportive of her education, even affectionate -- and the old Southern politician who refused to acknowledge their relationship in public

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

973.9/092

Illustrations

• illustrations
• plates

Index

no index present

LC call number

E748.T58

LC item number

W37 2005

Literary form

non fiction

Target audience

adult