“Mary McLeod Bethune was the most powerful woman I can remember as a child. She has been an inspiration throughout my whole life.” A brilliant legal mind, Mur- ray was an ardent advocate for ...

Yet, the school’s founder — Mary McLeod Bethune — is never alone ... a young Mary picked up a book but as she opened it, a ...

Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, Director of Negro Affairs ... Library of Congress As a small child, Mary Jane McLeod would routinely accompany her mother to deliver the "white people's" wash.

Finally, Mary McLeod Bethune is getting her just due ... they know a Negro is present,” she often said. She was a child prodigy who taught herself how to read, write and count.

“Mary McLeod Bethune is this figure that many people ... Then, Herbert Hoover puts her on a child health commission, and this is the commission that comes up with vaccines for diphtheria ...

On October 3, 1904, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune opened a training school in Daytona Beach, Florida, with “$1.50, faith in God and five little girls.” Eventually, that school, then called the ...

“As I listened to my parents tell the story it seemed impossible, but Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune made what seemed impossible, possible. As a child she picked up a book and was told, ‘Put that dow ...

“As a young child, my mother revered Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune and had me learn all that I could about her. With this statue placement, her legacy as a pioneering educator and fearless civil ...

Once, a child who heard her describe this world ... from A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit: The Vision of Mary McLeod Bethune by Noliwe Rooks (Penguin Press, 2024).

Mary McLeod Bethune is the first Black American to be ... Wilson, Democrat of Florida, said at the ceremony. As a child who started her life working in the fields, Ms. Wilson said, Bethune ...