Mary McLeod Bethune
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Mary McLeod Bethune was an American educator, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights activist. Bethune founded the National Council of Negro Women in 1935, and proceeded to establish
1949 portrait
The cabin in Mayesville, South Carolina, where Mary Jane McLeod was born
Bethune with girls from her Daytona school, c. 1905
Bethune and Marian Anderson, celebrated contralto, at the launching of the SS Booker T. Washington
The National Council of Negro Women, Inc. is an American nonprofit organization founded in 1935 with the mission to advance the opportunities and the quality of life for African-American women, their
Mary McLeod Bethune
…McLeod; July 10, 1875 – May 18, 1955) was an American educator, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights activist. Bethune founded the National Council of Negro Women in 1935, and proceeded to establish the Aframerican Women's Journal, which was the flagship journal of the organization. She presided over other…
The Dorothy I. Height Building, headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women