Title: Mary McLeod Bethune : building a better world : essays and selected documents /
Authors: Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955; McCluskey, Audrey Thomas; Smith, Elaine M., 1942-; McCluskey, Audrey Thomas.
Publisher: Indiana University Press,
Year: 1999
Subjects: Bethune, Mary McLeod,; Bethune, Mary McLeod, Archives.; African American women educators Biography.; African American educators Biography.; African Americans Education History Sources.; African Americans Civil rights History Sources; African American women Education Florida History Sources.; United States Race relations Sources; United States Race relations History Sources.
Abstract: Examines the career of African-American leader Mary McLeod Bethune through a collection of seventy-five documents she created or contributed to, covering a period that ranges from 1902 to 1955; and includes a chronology, as well as a biographical and historical assessment of Bethune and her legacy.
Contents: In pursuit of unalienable rights: Mary McLeod Bethune in historical perspective (1875-1955) -- Self-revelations: "Like bruises on an oyster" (1940-1955) -- Educational leadership: "The unfolding of my soul": (1902-1942) -- Womanist activism: "We are being heard!" (1917-1949) -- Politics and public issues: stateswomen in Washington (1936-1945) -- The last years: "Building a better world" (1951-1955).