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Educator, Leader, HeroineMary McLeod Bethune

Educator, Leader, Heroine
Mary McLeod Bethune


“I leave you love...I leave you hope...I leave you a thirst for education...I leave you a responsibility to our young people” That was exactly what Mary McLeod Bethune did. She was a black woman with a dream and a passion for education. Throughout Mary Bethune’s accomplishments, which spanned her lifetime she remained focused on changing the lives of black women during a difficult time in history. She never lost sight of the causes or concerns she believed in; equal opportunity for everyone especially African Americans.
Mary Bethune was a woman compelled to be educated. Along with school and fieldwork, she still found time to teach her siblings to read and write. Mary was awarded a scholarship to Scotia Seminary in North Carolina, and later with to the Moody Bible Institute where she graduated. Afterwards, Mary became a teacher, married Al...

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