- American educator, stateswoman, philanthropist, humanitarian and civil rights activist best known for starting a private school for African-American students in Daytona Beach, Florida
| Real name: | Mary Jane McLeod Bethune | | Born: | 10 July 1875 Comment | | When did Mary McLeod Bethune die? / Died | 18 May 1955 | | How many years did Mary McLeod Bethune live? / Lived | 79 years | | Where was Mary McLeod Bethune born? | Mayesville, South Carolina, US | | Zodiac sign: | Cancer |
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| | How much is Mary McLeod Bethune worth? | Under review
| | Nationality: | American |
Who was Mary McLeod Bethune? / Facts
- She attracted donations of time and money, and developed the academic school as a college
- It later continued to develop as Bethune-Cookman University
- She also was appointed as a national adviser to President Franklin D
- Roosevelt as part of what was known as his Black Cabinet
- She was known as "The First Lady of The Struggle" because of her commitment to gain better lives for African Americans
- Born in Mayesville, South Carolina, to parents who had been slaves, she started working in fields with her family at age five
- She took an early interest in becoming educated; with the help of benefactors, Bethune attended college hoping to become a missionary in Africa
- She started a school for African-American girls in Daytona Beach, Florida
- It later merged with a private institute for African-American boys, and was known as the Bethune-Cookman School
- Bethune maintained high standards and promoted the school with tourists and donors, to demonstrate what educated African Americans could do
- She was president of the college from 1923 to 1942, and 1946 to 1947
- She was one of the few women in the world to serve as a college president at that time
- Bethune was also active in women's clubs, which were strong civic organizations supporting welfare and other needs, and became a national leader
- After working on the presidential campaign for Franklin D
- Roosevelt in 1932, she was invited as a member of his Black Cabinet
- She advised him on concerns of black people and helped share Roosevelt's message and achievements with blacks, who had historically been Republican voters since the Civil War
- At the time, blacks had been largely disenfranchised in the South since the turn of the century, so she was speaking to black voters across the North
- Upon her death, columnist Louis E. Martin said, "She gave out faith and hope as if they were pills and she some sort of doctor
- Honors include designation of her home in Daytona Beach as a National Historic Landmark, her house in Washington, DC, as a National Historic Site, and the installation of a sculpture of her in Lincoln Park in Washington, DC
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