Mary McLeod Bethune
Mary McLeod Bethune
Mary Jane McLeod Bethunewas an American educator, stateswoman, philanthropist, humanitarian and civil rights activist best known for starting a private school for African-American students in Daytona Beach, Florida. She attracted donations of time and money, and developed the academic school as a college. It later continued to develop as Bethune-Cookman University. She also was appointed as a national adviser to President Franklin D. Roosevelt as part of what was known as his Black Cabinet. She was known as "The First...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEducator
Date of Birth10 July 1875
CountryUnited States of America
If we have the courage and tenacity of our forebears, who stood firmly like a rock against the lash of slavery, we shall find a way to do for our day what they did for theirs.
The true worth of a race must be measured by the character of its womanhood.
There is a place in God's sun for the youth "farthest down" who has the vision, the determination, and the courage to reach it.
I never stop to plan. I take things step-by-step.
I have had more than half a century of such happiness. A great deal of worry and sorrow, too, but never a worry or a sorrow that was not offset by a purple iris, a lark, a bluebird, or a dewy morning glory.