Daughter of former slaves, an educator, businesswoman, and advisor to the president, Mary McLeod Bethune was a powerful civil rights leader during the 20th century.
Here is our list of 50 Mary McLeod Bethune quotes. Born in South Carolina in 1875, Bethune was one of seventeen children. She grew up on her family’s cotton farm until she attended boarding school in North Carolina.
Bethune aspired to be a missionary but was unable to find sponsorship. So, instead, she did what she considered the next best thing, she became a teacher.
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