Who?
Mary McLeod Bethune
What?
Founder of Bethune-Cookman College and National Council of Negro Women
When?
1875-1955
Where?
South Carolina and Florida, CA
Why?
Mary McLeod Bethune believed wholeheartedly that education was the key the racial growth and advancement. She was a teacher and founded her own college, as well as being a personal advisor to both presidents Coolidge and Roosevelt. She also founded the National Council of Negro Women and was the president of the National Association of Colored Women.
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