Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, Director of Negro Affairs ... After separating in 1907, Mary was left alone to care for their young son. One year later, Mary Bethune returned to her life's passion.

On one occasion, a young Mary picked up a book but as she ... who works for the Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation. “The room once had a door but secret service had to take the door down because ...

Mary McLeod Bethune, the child of former slaves ... So it rankles some historians that young people can rattle off the names of her famous peers but don’t know who Bethune is. “For her to be who she ...

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

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 ...