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Bessie Washington 1900 - 1985

Bessie Washington of Holly Hill, Orangeburg County, South Carolina was born on July 29, 1900, and died at age 84 years old in January 1985.

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Holly Hill, Orangeburg County, South Carolina 29059
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In 1900, in the year that Bessie Washington was born, the U.S. population exceeded 75 million, rising about 13 million from the 1890 census. 87.9% of the population was white, 11.6% was African-American, 0.7% was Hispanic, and 0.5% was Native American, Asian, and other minorities.
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In 1914, Bessie was merely 14 years old when President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers. Anna Jarvis had championed a Mother's Day for years but Congress had joked a few years earlier that then they would have to proclaim a "Mother-in-law's Day" as well. The President who championed a woman's right to vote also created a day in their honor.
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Washington, Fielding (Jan 23, 1924 - Dec 2, 2009) Washington, Preston (Aug 30, 1892 - Jul 1968) Washington, Samuel (Mar 18, 1916 - Nov 1981) Washington, Horace (Feb 21, 1891 - Jan 1981) Washington, Bertha (Oct 26, 1917 - Apr 6, 2011) Washington, Harold (Nov 20, 1888 - Jan 1983) Washington, Wilfred (Sep 29, 1911 - Aug 11, 1989) Washington, Josephine (Dec 29, 1899 - Aug 1992) Washington, Charles (Dec 23, 1913 - Nov 1981) Washington, Addie (Mar 1, 1886 - Oct 1967)
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