Olivia A. Davidson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Olivia A. Davidson

American educator

Date of Birth: 11-Jun-1854

Place of Birth: Mercer County, West Virginia, United States

Date of Death: 09-May-1889

Profession: teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Olivia America Davidson Washington (June 11, 1854 – May 9, 1889) was born free as Olivia America Davidson in Virginia.
After her family moved to the free state of Ohio, she studied in common schools and later college.
She became a teacher and educator. Davidson was hired by Booker T.
Washington as a teacher and assistant principal of the Tuskegee Institute from 1881.
In this role she also did fundraising and gave public speeches, especially about the education of African-American women.
In 1886 she married Washington, the principal and a widower.
She was his second wife; they had two sons together and reared his daughter by his first marriage.
Olivia Washington died three years later of tuberculosis.