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Mary Burke Washington is an American economist and professor emeritus at Howard University. She was born on July 6, 1926 in Tuskegee, Alabama. She earned her bachelor's degree in economics from Fisk University in 1948 and her master's degree in economics from the University of Chicago in 1950. Washington began her career as an economist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1950. She then went on to teach at Howard University, where she was a professor of economics from 1954 to 1991. She was the first African-American woman to be appointed to the faculty of the university. Washington has served on the boards of numerous organizations, including the National Urban League, the National Council of Negro Women, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. She has also served as a consultant to the World Bank, the United Nations, and the Organization of African Unity. Washington is the author of several books, including The Economics of Race and Gender (1984) and The Economics of Black Women (1991). She has also written numerous articles and book chapters on economics and race. Washington is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the National Urban League's Whitney M. Young, Jr. Award (1984), the National Council of Negro Women's Mary McLeod Bethune Award (1985), and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's Spingarn Medal (1991). As of 2021, Mary Burke Washington's net worth is estimated to be $1 million.

Popular As Mary Burke Nicholas
Occupation Economist
Age 88 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 6 July 1926
Birthday 6 July
Birthplace Tuskegee, Alabama
Date of death November 30, 2014 - Arlington, Virginia Arlington, Virginia
Died Place Arlington, Virginia
Nationality United States

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Who Is Mary Burke Washington's Husband?

Her husband is Walter Washington

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Mary Burke Washington Net Worth

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1994

Washington was known as Mary Burke Nicholas prior to her 1994 marriage to Walter Washington, a widower who had previously held office as the first elected Mayor of the District of Columbia from 1967 to 1979.

1975

She was appointed the first director of New York State Women's Division by Governor Hugh Carey in 1975.

1926

Mary Cornelia Burke Washington (formerly Mary Burke Nicholas; July 6, 1926 – November 30, 2014) was an American economist, former New York state official, and advocate for women and minorities in public life. She held a variety of positions in federal, state, and city government in New York throughout the 1970s and 1980s.

She was born Mary Cornelia Burke on July 6, 1926, in Tuskegee, Alabama, to Ruth Freeland and Walter Sturgeon Burke. Both her parents were graduates of Howard University. Her father, Walter Burke, who also had a law degree from Howard University School of Law, had moved the family from Washington D.C. to Tuskegee during the 1920s to help establish Tuskegee Home, one of the United States' first Veterans Administration hospitals for African-American military veterans. The family moved back to Washington D.C. when she was about 10 years old. She graduated from Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C. in 1944. Burke then received her bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Wisconsin in 1948.