Mary McLeod Bethune taught black girls they could be more
Mary McLeod Bethune started a school in 1904 with $1.50 and five students. It is now Bethune-Cookman University.
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Eleanor and Mary McLeod Bethune
Mrs. Mary McLeod ... school expanded to include 250 students just two years later. The school gained in popularity and eventually merged with the Cookman Institute for Men in Jacksonville to form ...
Mary McLeod Bethune, known as the ‘First Lady of Negro America,’ also sought to unify the African diaspora
When I first landed an internship as an archives technician at the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House-National Historic Site – ...
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A First Lady
Born Mary Jane McLeod, Bethune was the 15th of 17 children. She grew up on a farm in South Carolina and began working in the fields when she was 5. The only child in her family to be educated, she ...
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Eleanor and Mary McLeod Bethune
Mrs. Mary McLeod ... school expanded to include 250 students just two years later. The school gained in popularity and eventually merged with the Cookman Institute for Men in Jacksonville to form ...