Mary

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Mary is the given name of Mary McLeod Bethune, a prominent African American educator, civil rights leader, and founder of Bethune-Cookman University.

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instanceOf civil rights leader
college founder
educator
human
advised Franklin D. Roosevelt
birthName Mary Jane McLeod
linked to: Mary McLeod Bethune
child Albert McLeod Bethune
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1875-07-10
dateOfDeath 1955-05-18
ethnicGroup African American
linked to: Black Americans
familyName Bethune
fieldOfWork civil rights
education
women's rights
founded Bethune-Cookman College
Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls
National Council of Negro Women
gender female
givenName Mary
honoredIn statue in the United States Capitol National Statuary Hall Collection
honoredWith Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
knownFor advocacy for African American education
leadership in civil rights and women's organizations
languageSpoken English
memberOf National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
linked to: NAACP
movement African-American civil rights movement
notableWork founding of Bethune-Cookman University
leadership in the National Council of Negro Women
occupation civil rights activist
college president
educator
placeOfBirth Mayesville, South Carolina, United States
placeOfDeath Daytona Beach, Florida, United States
linked to: Daytona Beach
positionHeld Director of the Division of Negro Affairs of the National Youth Administration
president of Bethune-Cookman College
religion Methodism
residence Daytona Beach, Florida, United States
linked to: Daytona Beach
spouse Albertus Bethune

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Mary McLeod Bethune givenName Mary
subject linked to: Mary