- A member of the Democratic Party and US Representative for California's 43rd congressional district, and previously the 35th and 29th districts, serving since 1991
- Discover more interesting facts about Maxine Waters below
| Real name: | Maxine Moore Waters | | Born: | 15 August 1938 Comment | | How old is Maxine Waters in 2024? / Age: | 85 years
| | Where was Maxine Waters born? | St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. | | Residence: | Hancock Park area of Los Angeles, U.S.A. | | Zodiac sign: | Leo |
Maxine Waters Net worth 2024 (estimated)
| | How much is Maxine Waters worth? | Under review
| | Nationality: | American | | Hair color: | Black | | Eyes color: | Dark brown |
Who is Maxine Waters? / Facts
- Childhood - The fifth of 13 children, Waters began working as a bus girl in a segregated restaurant when she was 13. She later worked in a factory.
- Known for - She is the most senior of the 12 black women currently serving in the United States Congress, and is a member and former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. She was the second black female elected to Congress in 1990
- Before becoming a member of Congress - She served in the California Assembly, to which she was first elected in 1976. As an Assembly member, Waters advocated for divestment from South Africa's apartheid regime
- In Congress - she was an outspoken opponent of the Iraq War
- Political views and work done - She has been a vocal liberal and consistent defender of President Clinton. She worked on civil rights, women's issues, and helped establish the Child Abuse Prevention Training Program, the first in the nation.
- Charges - Waters was charged, and exonerated, by the House's subcommittee on ethics with violations of the House's ethics rules in 2010
- First marriage - Graduating from high school at 18, she married Edward Waters and had two children. In 1961 the couple moved to Los Angeles and Waters found work in a garment factory. Waters is the mother of two adult children, from her first marriage, and has two grandchildren.
- Second marriage - Her second husband, Sid Williams, played professional football in the NFL and is a former U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas under the Clinton Administration.
- Stand on abortion - In 1990, Waters, along with 15 other African American women and men, formed African-American Women for Reproductive Freedom.
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- tee gee: low IQ affirmative action clown who should retire. (October 11, 2020)
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Education
- California State University, Los Angeles, U.S.A. (1970)
Quotes
- I have a right to my anger, and I don’t want anybody telling me I shouldn’t be, that it’s not nice to be, and that something’s wrong with me because I get angry.
- I have a right to my anger, and I don’t want anybody telling me I shouldn’t be, that it’s not nice to be, and that something’s wrong with me because I get angry.
- Guess what this liberal would be all about? This liberal would be about socializing … uh, umm. … Would be about, basically, taking over, and the government running all of your companies.
- Policy, for the most part, has been made by white people in America, not by people of color. And they have tended to take care of those things that they think are important. Whether it’s their agricultural subsidies, or other kinds of expenditures that are certainly not expenditures for poor people or for people of color. And so we have to band together and keep fighting back.
- If you call it a riot, it sounds like it was just a bunch of crazy people who went out and did bad things for no reason. I maintain it was somewhat understandable, if not acceptable. So I call it a rebellion. (on Rodney King rebellion)
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I have to march because my mother could not have an abortion.
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Riot is the voice of the unheard.
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You cannot be successful and continue to be a victim.
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My take is this. The Republicans control the Senate. They have the majority of the House, and they have the White House. They can do whatever they want to do, really.
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Black women are going to have to take more leadership. I think we are prepared because we bring a tenaciousness with us. We do not fear losing friends, allies, or jobs.
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[Republicans] are on the wrong side of the track. ... They would have you believe that if they get into office, they are going to make sure that they are going to get rid of everyone in our society who was not born in America.
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