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Fannie Smith Washington (1858 – May 4, 1884) was an American educator, and the first wife of Booker T. Washington. Before her premature death in 1884, Fannie Washington aided her husband in the early development of the Tuskegee Institute .
Margaret Murray Washington (March 9, 1865 - June 4, 1925) was an American educator who was the principal of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, which later became Tuskegee University. She also led women's clubs, including the Tuskegee Woman's Club and the National Federation of Afro-American Women. She was the third wife of Booker T ...
Booker T. Washington with his third wife Margaret and two sons, Ernest, left and Booker T. Jr., right Washington was married three times. In his autobiography Up from Slavery , he gave all three of his wives credit for their contributions at Tuskegee.
Sharmell Sullivan-Huffman (born November 2, 1970) is an American former professional wrestler, beauty queen, dancer and professional wrestling valet.She is best known for her time with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as Queen Sharmell alongside her husband Booker T.
Washington's first son, Booker T. Washington, Jr., was born on May 29, 1887. Her second son, Ernest Davidson Washington, was born February 6, 1889. Two days later, the Washingtons' house at Tuskegee burned down. Olivia Washington suffered exposure to the early morning cold and had likely already contracted tuberculosis.
Viola Knapp Ruffner (1812–1903) [1] was a schoolteacher and became the second wife of General Lewis Ruffner, a salt and coal mine owner and community leader in Kanawha County, West Virginia. She played a role in the personal development of Booker T. Washington, who worked in their household as a teenager after Emancipation. He credited her ...
Booker, a first-round pick in t He was born on October 30, 1996, and even if you don’t know him as a basketball player, you probably know him because he’s dating Kendall Jenner.
Booker T. Washington: volume 1: The Making of a Black Leader, 1856–1901; pp 304–21. A major scholarly biography. Norrell, Robert J, 2011. Up from history: The life of Booker T. Washington Harvard University Press; pp 243–63. A major scholarly biography. Norrell, Robert J. (Spring 2009).