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Mary
McLeod Bethune, Educator
"I had no furniture. I
begged dry goods boxes and made benches and stools; begged a basin and
other things I needed and in 1904 five little girls here started school."
- Mary
McLeod Bethune
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History
Mary
McLeod Bethune founded Bethune-Cookman College. |
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Documents
Interview with Mary McLeod Bethune, and draft of planned
biography. |
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Photos
Photographs of Bethune, her family, and her school. |
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Lesson
Plans
For Grades 4-5. Contrasts aan interview with Mary McLeod
Bethune, and draft of planned biography to discuss primary
and secondary sources. |
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Mary
McLeod Bethune founded the Daytona Normal and Industrial School for Negro
Girls, now Bethune-Cookman College. Bethune was active in the fight
against racism and served as an unofficial advisor to President Roosevelt.
Daniel
Mortimer Williams planned to write a biography of Mary McLeod Bethune.
He conducted several interviews with Mrs. Bethune in the summer of 1946
though the biography was never completed. The records include photographs,
letters and drafts of sections of the biography. This site highlights
selections from this collection.
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