![In 2004, Strom Thurmond's daughter Essie Mae Washington-Williams attempted to join the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Her application was never accepted and she died 9 years later in 2013. : r/ShermanPosting In 2004, Strom Thurmond's daughter Essie Mae Washington-Williams attempted to join the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Her application was never accepted and she died 9 years later in 2013. : r/ShermanPosting](https://preview.redd.it/in-2004-strom-thurmonds-daughter-essie-mae-washington-v0-2ju3yiy6zmqb1.jpg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=b68c8b8f4650f7e71f6e0266ca2b22b0e4ca04d7)
In 2004, Strom Thurmond's daughter Essie Mae Washington-Williams attempted to join the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Her application was never accepted and she died 9 years later in 2013. : r/ShermanPosting
![Essie Mae Washington-Williams, who announced last weekend she is the illegitimate daughter of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond and a black maid who worked in his family home, signs a legislative manual Essie Mae Washington-Williams, who announced last weekend she is the illegitimate daughter of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond and a black maid who worked in his family home, signs a legislative manual](https://c8.alamy.com/compfr/2pf39ab/essie-mae-washington-williams-who-announced-last-weekend-she-is-the-illegitimate-daughter-of-the-late-sen-strom-thurmond-and-a-black-maid-who-worked-in-his-family-home-signs-a-legislative-manual-for-a-person-in-the-crowd-after-telling-her-story-during-a-news-conference-wednesday-dec-17-2003-in-columbia-s-c-at-the-left-is-attorney-frank-k-wheaton-and-at-right-is-her-daughter-wanda-terry-ap-photo-lou-krasky-2pf39ab.jpg)
Essie Mae Washington-Williams, who announced last weekend she is the illegitimate daughter of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond and a black maid who worked in his family home, signs a legislative manual
Essie Mae Washington-Williams dies at 87; black daughter of segregationist Strom Thurmond - Los Angeles Times
![Essie Mae Washington-Williams | Nelson Mandela, Paul Walker, Roger Ebert: Those Who Died in 2013 | TIME.com Essie Mae Washington-Williams | Nelson Mandela, Paul Walker, Roger Ebert: Those Who Died in 2013 | TIME.com](https://poy.time.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2013/12/milestones-033.jpg?w=720&h=480&crop=1)
Essie Mae Washington-Williams | Nelson Mandela, Paul Walker, Roger Ebert: Those Who Died in 2013 | TIME.com
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