Wednesday, April 17, 2013
MARY
JEFFERSON
Thomas, Sally, and Me
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| Monticello, Home of Thomas Jefferson |
The controversy over Sally Hemings’
relationship with Thomas Jefferson initially arose in 1802 during Jefferson’s
first term as President of the United States.
In the more than two centuries since, it has occasionally abated for
short periods, only to return as new documents, oral histories, and scientific
discoveries come into use.
Mary Jefferson is the
great-great-great granddaughter of Eston Hemings Jefferson, the youngest of six children of Sally Hemings, a
slave, and Thomas Jefferson, her owner and third President of the United
States. Ms. Jefferson has lived in
Diamond Bar and Anaheim Hills for almost 40 years and is a retired Chino Valley
USD teacher. She earned a bachelors
degree in education from Western Illinois University and a masters in education
from CSUF, where she was named Outstanding Graduate Student of 1981. As a student, Ms. Jefferson was listed in
Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities; she is currently a member of
numerous organizations, including AAUW, the Sierra Club, DAR, and the League of
Women Voters. She is also a member of the
choir at Anaheim United Methodist Church and a volunteer usher at the
Segerstrom Center for the Arts. Ms.
Jefferson was featured on the Oprah Winfrey show in 1998.
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