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Mary McLeod Bethune

Born

in Mayesville, The United States

July 10, 1875

Died

May 18, 1955

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Mary Jane McLeod Bethune (born Mary Jane McLeod) was an American educator, stateswoman, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights activist. Bethune founded the National Council for Negro Women in 1935, established the organization's flagship journal Aframerican Women's Journal, and resided as president or leader for myriad African American women's organizations including the National Association for Colored Women and the National Youth Administration's Negro Division. She also was appointed as a national adviser to president Franklin D. Roosevelt, whom she worked with to create the Federal Council on Negro Affairs, also known as the Black Cabinet. She is well known for starting a private school for African-American students i ...more

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Mary McLeod Bethune’s books

Average rating: 4.13 · 221 ratings · 45 reviews · 10 distinct works

	Let Nobody Turn Us Around: Voices of Resistance, Reform, and Renewal an African American Anthology by Manning Marable (Editor), Leith Mullings (Editor), John S. Rock (Contributor) 4.37 avg rating — 247 ratings — published 1999 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Rise: Speeches by Inspirational Black Women by Amanda Meadows (Introduction), Barbara Jordan (Contributor), Condoleezza Rice (Contributor) 4.08 avg rating — 178 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stories from the Faerie Queene (Forgotten Books) by Mary Macleod, Mary McLeod Bethune 4.02 avg rating — 89 ratings — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Say It Plain: A Century of Great African American Speeches by Catherine Ellis (Editor), Booker T. Washington (Contributor), Marcus Garvey (Contributor) 4.44 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Knowing Him by Heart: African Americans on Abraham Lincoln (The Knox College Lincoln Studies Center) by Fred Lee Hord (Introduction), Matthew D. Norman (Editor), Rodney O. Davis (Contributor) 4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Women of Color Pray: Voices of Strength, Faith, Healing, Hope and Courage by Christal M. Jackson (Editor), Teresa Palomo Acosta (Contributor), Yolanda Adams (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rhetoric of Racial Revolt by Roy L. Hill (Editor), Frederick Douglass (Contributor), Booker T. Washington (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Annotated Bibliography of Mary McLeod Bethune's Chicago Defender Columns1948-1955 (Black Studies, 11) by Carolyn LaDelle Bennett, Mary McLeod Bethune liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2000 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mary McLeod Bethune Papers: The Bethune Foundation Collection by Mary McLeod Bethune, Joseph Paul Freeman 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Papers of Mary McLeod Bethune 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars