Mary Jane McLeod Bethune papers, 1923-1962 (inclusive), [microform].

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Mary Jane McLeod Bethune papers, 1923-1962 (inclusive), [microform].

The Mary Jane McLeod Bethune Papers contain correspondence, articles, addresses, travel journals of a trip to attend the International Council of Women meetings in Geneva in 1927, newspaper and magazine clippings, and memorabilia of Mary Jane McLeod Bethune, founder and first president of Bethune-Cookman College and a leader of black women in the United States.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6771354

Yale University Library

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Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955

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Mary Jane McLeod Bethune (born Mary Jane McLeod; July 10, 1875 – May 18, 1955) was an American educator, stateswoman, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights activist. Bethune founded the National Council for Negro Women in 1935, established the organization's flagship journal Aframerican Women's Journal, and resided as president or leader for myriad African American women's organizations including the National Association for Colored Women and the National Youth Administration'...