MARY JANE MCLEOD BETHUNE

HER LIFE

• She had a tough life seeing that her parents and half of her siblings were slaves.
• When she was alive African Americans weren't treated fairly.
• Mary received a scholarship to attend Scotia Seminary, a school for African American girls in Concord, North Carolina.

BETHUNE COOKMAN COLLEGE

• Bethune built her own college called Bethune Cookman College and Harry T Moore was principal.
• She started with only five students and then got more students.
• She had to use boxes and packing crates for desks and chairs.

WHAT SHE DID

• She made the college because one day Mary was playing with a white girl and she went to grab a book. The girl took the book from her and said that African Americans can't read. She never forgot that. Another reason is African Americans didn't get good education.
• In 1935, Bethune became a special advisor to President Roosevelt on minority affairs.
• She made a college in Daytona and she was the principal.

FAMILY

• Her parents names are Samuel and Patsy Bethune.
• She had fifteen siblings.
• She had to walk five miles to go to school.
• Her husband's name was Albertus Bethune.
• Her parents were slaves.
• Her siblings names were Sally, Satira, Samuel, Julia, Kissie, Kelly, Carrie, Beauregared, Cecilia, Rebecca, Magdalena, Mary Jane, Mattie Bell, William Thomas and Monday.

OTHER STATES

• She is famous in other states like South Carolina and Washington D.C.
• She was born in Mayesville, South Carolina.
• Mary lived in Washington, D.C. from 1935-1945.
• She is famous in South Carolina because she was born there. She is famous in Washington D.C. because her house was there and now it is a museum.

FACTS

• She was born in 1875 and died in 1955.
• She moved to the east coast of Florida when she came because she heard African Americans moved there.
• Her husband died at only 30 years old.
• He was born 1898 and died 1918.
• She was friends to famous people like presidents.

SAD STUFF

• She died from a heart attack at the age of 80.
• When she died they buried her on the campus of Bethune Cookman College.
• She will always be remembered in Florida for her work and effort for African Americans.