mary mcleod bethune

Early Life

• She was born on July 10, 1875 in Mayesville, South Carolina.
• She received a scholarship to Scotia Seminary in Concord, North Carolina.
• While there, she became a dancer and developed a lasting love of music.
• She then attended Dwight Moody's Institute for Home and Foreign Missions.
• She hoped to be a missionary in Africa, but instead planned to teach. 

Major accomplishments

• She is best known for founding a school in 1904, Bethune -Cookman College.
• She was one of the first women in the world to serve as college president.
• She was a member of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Black Cabinet.
• She became the first black woman to serve as head of a federal agency.
• She was once hailed as the most influential black woman in the U.S.

later years

• Mary Mcleod Bethune died on May 18, 1955 of a heart attack.
• The thing that I admired most about her is how she stood up for all races.
• She wanted everyone to be equal and have the same rights.
• She devoted her life to improving lives through education.
• She made it possible for me to have the rights I do today.

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