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Apr 2, 2014 · Mary McLeod Bethune was an educator and activist, serving as president of the National Association of Colored Women and founding the National Council of Negro Women. Updated: Apr 23, 2021. Photo...
Jul 13, 2022 · Mary McLeod Bethune is the first Black American to be represented with a state statue in the National Statuary Hall. Her likeness replaces a statue honoring one of the last Confederate generals to ...
Home. Stories. In 1904, with only $1.50 to her name, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, founded the Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls (now, Bethune-Cookman University). Throughout her life, Dr. Bethune sought to uplift and to buttress the lives of Black Americans through education, organizations, politics, and strong ...
Jan 27, 2021 · Bethune became the highest-ranking Black woman in the U.S. government with the title. The educator and activist continued to add to her legacy with a series of impressive roles, including serving ...
The Extraordinary Life of Mary McLeod Bethune. Mary McLeod Bethune was a passionate educator and presidential advisor. In her long career of public service, she became one of the earliest black female activists that helped lay the foundation to the modern civil rights movement.
Life Story: Mary McLeod Bethune, (1875–1955) Fighting for Racial Equality through Education and Public Service The story of a woman whose Progressive Era commitment to education and civil rights led to high-profile roles in New Deal America.
Pioneering educator and college founder Mary McLeod Bethune set educational standards for today’s Black colleges and served as an advisor to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Discover more about her on womenshistory.org.
