Mary McLeod Bethune, pictured in the 1920s ... born a decade after slavery’s abolition, was the 15th of 17 children and was sent to school while some of her siblings continued to work on ...

Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, Director of Negro Affairs ... Allowed into the white children's nursery, Mary would find amusement playing with their toys. In one instance, she curiously opened a ...

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 ...

Born to former slaves a decade after the end of the Civil War, educator and political leader Mary McLeod Bethune grew up in South Carolina as the 15th of 17 children. Despite a childhood of poverty ...

Mary McLeod Bethune rose to become one of the most influential Black women of the 20th century. In 1904, she founded a small ...

Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, Director of Negro Affairs ... Allowed into the white children's nursery, Mary would find amusement playing with their toys. In one instance, she curiously opened a ...