Who is Stacey Abrams?
Born on December 9, 1973, Stacey Abrams is an American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, and author who served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2007 to 2017, serving as minority leader from 2011 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Abrams founded Fair Fight Action, an organization to address voter suppression, in 2018. Her efforts have been widely credited with boosting voter turnout in Georgia, including in the 2020 presidential election, when Joe Biden narrowly won the state, and in Georgia’s 2020–21 regularly scheduled and special U.S. Senate elections, which gave Democrats control of the Senate.
Abrams is an author of both fiction and nonfiction. Her nonfiction books, Our Time Is Now and Lead from the Outside, were New York Times best sellers. Abrams wrote eight fiction books under the pen name Selena Montgomery before 2021. At the same time, Justice Sleeps was released under her real name on May 11, 2021. Abrams also wrote a children’s book, Stacey’s Extraordinary Words, released in December 2021.
Stacey Abrams Parent / Siblings / Ethnicity
Abrams was born to Robert and Carolyn Abrams in Madison, Wisconsin, and raised in Gulfport, Mississippi where her father was employed in a shipyard and her mother was a librarian. She has five siblings. She attended Avondale High School, graduating as valedictorian in 1991. In 1990, she was selected for the Telluride Association Summer Program. In 1995, Abrams earned a Bachelor of Arts in interdisciplinary studies (political science, economics, and sociology) from Spelman College. As a Harry S. Truman Scholar, Abrams studied public policy at the University of Texas at Austin’s LBJ School of Public Affairs, where she earned a Master of Public Affairs degree in 1998. In 1999, she earned a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School.
Stacey Abrams Boyfriend / Husband / Children
Stacey has never been married and has no children. She has not revealed her love relation status till now. For more updates, follow her on Instagram & Twitter.
Stacey Abrams Net Worth / Age
As of 2023, Abrams is 50 years old and has net worth of $20 million.
Personal Information
- Full Name: Stacey Yvonne Abrams
- Nick Names: Stacey Abrams
- Birthday: December 9, 1973
- Age in 2023: 50
- Birth Place: Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
- School: N/A
- College/University: Spelman College (BA), University of Texas, Austin (MPA), Yale University (JD)
- Education: Master’s Degree
- Political party: Democratic
- Profession: American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, and author
- Nationality: American
- Ethnicity/Race: Black
- Religion: Christianity
- Awards: NAACP Image Award for Social Justice Impact, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Children’s
- Zodiac: N/A
- Net Worth: $20
- Height: 5 feet 3 inches
- Weight: 75 kg
- Feet/Shoe Size: N/A
- Dress Size: N/A
- Body Type: Unknown
- Hair Color: Black
- Eye Color: Black
- Father: Robert Abrams
- Mother: Carolyn Abrams
- Sister: Leslie Abrams Gardner
- Brother: N/A
- SIblings: 5
- Husband / Spouse: Unmarried
- Girlfriend / Dating / Affairs: N/A
- Children: N/A
Trivia / Fatcs
- Abrams was the Democratic nominee in the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election, becoming the first African-American female major-party gubernatorial nominee in the United States.
- In February 2019, Abrams became the first African-American woman to deliver a response to the State of the Union address.
- At 17, while still in high school, she was hired as a typist for a congressional campaign and then as a speechwriter based on her improvements to a campaign speech.
- Abrams co-founded Nourish, Inc. in 2010.
- Abrams was recognized as one of the “12 Rising Legislators to Watch” by the same publication in 2012 and one of the “100 Most Influential Georgians” by Georgia Trend for 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017.
- After graduating from law school, Abrams worked as a tax attorney at the Sutherland Asbill & Brennan law firm in Atlanta, with a focus on tax-exempt organizations, health care, and public finance.
- For her nonviolent campaign to get out the vote, Abrams has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.
- In 2021, she was included in Time 100, Time‘s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.