Short biography of mary mcleod bethune
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Mary McLeod Bethune
American educator and civil rights leader (–)
For other people named Mary Bethune, see Mary Bethune (disambiguation).
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| Born | Mary Jane McLeod ()July 10, Mayesville, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | May 18, () (aged&#;79) Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S. |
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| Spouse | Albertus Bethune &#; &#; (m.&#;; sep.&#;)&#; |
| Children | 1 |
Mary Jane McLeod Bethune (née&#;McLeod; July 10, – May 18, [1]) was an American educator, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights activist. Bethune founded the National Council of Negro Women in , established the organization's flagship journal Aframerican Women's Journal, and presided over myriad African-American women's organizations including the National Association for Colored Women and the National Youth Administration's Negro Division.
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Mary McLeod Bethune
By Beverly Johnson-Miller
Protestant
MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE (): Her life epitomized her philosophy of Christian Education. With a sense of divine destiny, clear vision, and daily awareness of God's presence and purpose, Mary Jane McLeod Bethune, the daughter of freed slaves, became the most influential black woman of her times in the United States. Along with the establishment of the Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute for Negro Girls, later Bethune-Cookman College, Mary Bethune served as president of many national organizations and held leadership appointments under Presidents Coolidge, Hoover, Roosevelt, and Truman. Her life of profound faith and service left a contagious legacy of perpetual spiritual and social transformation.
Biography
Early Years
The fifteenth of seventeen children, Mary Jane McLeod was born on July 10, , in the small farming community of Mayesville, Sumter County, South Carolina. Her parents, Samuel and Patsy McLeod, were f
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Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune
Bethune-Cookman University&#;s founder, Mary McLeod Bethune, is one of America&#;s most inspirational daughters. Educator. National civil rights pioneer and activist. Champion of African American women&#;s rights and advancement. Advisor to Presidents of the United States. The first in her family not to be born into slavery, she became one of the most influential women of her generation.
Dr. Bethune famously started the Daytona Literary and Industrial Training Institute for Negro Girls on October 3, with $, vision, an entrepreneurial mindset, resilience and faith in God. She created &#;pencils&#; from charred wood, ink from elderberries, and mattresses from moss-stuffed corn sacks. Her first students were five little girls and her five-year-old son, Albert Jr. In less than two years, the school grew to students. Recognizing the health disparities and lack of medical treatment available to African Americans in Daytona Beach, she also founded the Mary McLeod