Sallie Peake was born the eleventh child of twelve in a sharecropper family. She enjoyed a lengthy career as a public servant that included becoming the first black female to run f...mehr sehenSallie Peake was born the eleventh child of twelve in a sharecropper family. She enjoyed a lengthy career as a public servant that included becoming the first black female to run for the Spartanburg County State Senate seat, being elected as a Spartanburg County councilwoman, and serving as mayor of Wellford. This is her first book.weniger sehen