une was a pioneering American educator and civil rights leader. Born Mary Jane McLeod on July 10, 1875, in Mayesville, South Carolina, the daughter of former slaves, Bethune won scholarships to attend Scotia Seminary in Concord, North Carolina (now Barber-Scotia College), and the Institute for Home and Foreign Missions in Chicago (now the Moody Bible Institute). In 1904, she moved to Daytona Beach, Florida, to found her own school. Her one-room school house became the Daytona Normal and Industrial School for Negro Girls before merging with Cookman Institute for Boys in 1923. The merged school later affiliated with the United Methodist Church and became the historically-black college named in her honor, Bethune-Cookman College (now Bethune-Cookman University). In 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Bethune the director of the National Youth Administration's Division of Negro Affairs, making her the first black woman to head a federal agency. She also founded the National Council of Negro Women and was an active member of the National Association of Colored Women until her death in May 1955.
Date Created
Around 1905
Place
North America
> United States of America
> Florida
> Daytona Beach
Time
1900 AD - 1949 AD
Topic
Social sciences
>
Political science
>
Civil & political rights
Social sciences
>
Education
>
Schools & their activities; special education
Additional Subjects
African American girls
;
African Americans--Segregation
;
Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955
;
Women
;
Women's history
Type of Item
Prints, Photographs
Physical Description
1 negative: black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Institution
State Library and Archives of Florida
External Resource
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/ftasa.4013
