Chelsea Manning

Chelsea Manning: Biography in Details

Who is Chelsea Manning?

Chelsea Manning is a transgender and former U.S Army Intelligence Officer.

He was charged with treason and imprisoned for the leaking of thousands of top-secret documents to WikiLeaks, a whistleblower organization founded by Julian Assange. While on duty in Iraq in 2009.

Chelsea Manning: Transgender

On the day after her sentencing, Manning announced via a statement on the morning talk show Today that she is transgender.

How old is Chelsea Manning?

Chelsea Manning was born in Crescent, Oklahoma, the United States on December 17, 1987. Her birth name is Bradley Edward Manning and she is currently 34 years old.

Her father’s name is Brian Manning (intelligence analyst) and her mother’s name is Susan Fox.

Unfortunately, her parents divorced when she was 13 resulting in her moving out with her mother into a rented apartment in Crescent, Oklahoma.

During this period, Chelsea Manning’s mother attempted suicide but was saved after her sister drove them to a hospital in the nick of time.

Whereas, Manning and her mother moved to Haverfordwest, Wales in November 2001. She has a sister namely, Casey Major who was born in 1976.

Casey took care of Chelsea as a child because their mother was an alcoholic. Chelsea holds American citizenship, but her ethnicity is unknown. Her birth sign is  Sagittarius.

Education, School/ College University

Talking about Chelsea’s education history, Manning went to Tasker Milward secondary school located in the town of Haverfordwest where she continued to pursue his interest in computers.

Chelsea Manning: Professional Life, Career

Talking about her profession, in 2007, Chelsea joined the Army after her father’s constant persuasion. Chelsea also believed that joining the army might resolve her gender identity disorders.

Likewise, on joining the army, Chelsea was the target of severe bullying over here also. Additionally, this horrified and had a profound effect on Manning.

In the year 2009, Manning reportedly made contact with the WikiLeaks organization run by Julian Assange, after unsuccessful attempts at trying to contact The New York Times and The Washington Post.

In February 2010, Chelsea Manning leaked hundreds of thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks, while on leave in Rockville, Maryland. Sadly, Manning suffered from behavioral issues upon her return to Iraq. In addition, Manning then reached out to a stranger online.

This was a hacker named Adrian Lamo. Likely, Manning confided in Lamo about the leaks. Lamo subsequently contacted the Defense Department and informed them about the leak.

This led to Manning’s arrest. On 4 October 2016, the first night of her solitary confinement, she attempted suicide again. On 17 January 2017, President Barack Obama granted clemency to Chelsea Manning, cutting her 35-year sentence down to seven years.

In early 2018, Chelsea Manning announced that she would be running against Maryland’s two-term U.S. Senator Ben Cardin in the Democratic primary.

Chelsea Manning: Awards, Nomination

Chelsea Manning was awarded the ‘Whistleblowerpreis’ by the German Section of the International Association of Lawyers against Nuclear Arms and the Federation of German Scientists.

In 2012, Global Exchange awarded her the ‘People’s Choice Award’. Chelsea received the International Peace Bureau, the Sean MacBride Peace Prize.

Further in December 2017, Foreign Policy (an American news publication) honored Chelsea by ranking her as one of its ‘forty-eight 2017 Global Thinkers’.

Chelsea Manning: Net Worth, Income, Salary

Talking about her salary she has earned that sum of money from her professional career is unknown. As of 2023, she has an estimated net worth of $21 million.

Chelsea Manning: Rumors and Controversy/ Scandal

Chelsea Manning, the former US army analyst turned whistleblower.

She was arrested on Friday after she refused to testify before a federal grand jury on matters relating to her 2010 disclosure to WikiLeaks.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight, Body Size

Chelsea Manning has a height of 5 feet 2 inches and she weighs is 48Kg. Chelsea’s hair color is brown and her eyes color is blue.

Is Chelsea Manning active on social media?

Chelsea Manning is active on social sites like Twitter, and Instagram, she has around 369.3K followers on her Twitter. Around 65.8K followers on her Instagram. But, she doesn’t have an official page on Facebook.

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Reference: (Wikipedia)

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