Maxine Waters
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Maxine Moore Waters (née Carr, August 15, 1938) is an American politician who has served as the United States Representative for California's 43rd congressional district since 2013.
Waters, a member of the Democratic Party, is now serving in her 15th term in the House, having served since 1991.
She served in the state's 29th district (1991–1993) and the 35th district (1993–2013).
Waters was the first black woman elected in Congress from 1997 to 1999, and she chaired the Congressional Black Caucus from 1997 to 1999.
She argued for a reprieve of South Africa's apartheid regime as an Assemblywoman.
She has been an outspoken critic of the Iraq War and that of Republican Presidents George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump in Congress.
Early life and education
Waters was born in 1938 in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of Remus Carr and Velma Lee (née Moore). She was raised by her single mother after her father left the household when Maxine was two years old. She graduated from Vashon High School in St. Louis and then moved with her family to Los Angeles in 1961. She worked in a clothing factory and as a telephone operator before being hired as an assistant teacher with the Head Start program in Watts in 1966. Waters later attended Los Angeles State College (now California State University, Los Angeles), where she earned a bachelor's degree in sociology in 1971.
Personal life
Sid Williams, Waters' second husband, played in professional football and is a retired United States citizen. Under the Clinton administration, the Ambassador to the Bahamas was named. They live in the Windsor Square neighborhood in Los Angeles.
Velma Moody, Waters' sister, died of the virus at the age of 86 in May 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Early political career
Waters volunteered as Chief deputy to City Councilman David S. Cunningham, Jr., in 1973. She worked on the divestment of state pension funds from any South African business operating under apartheid's policies, as well as passing legislation that adhered to the Sullivan Principles. She ascended to the position of Assembly President Robert Cote.