The question of who is to teach is not directly addressed, but the underlying theme seems to be that anyone with a passion for teaching should teach. The methods of teaching should be by example, by instruction, and by self-actualization. The curriculum should be life skills and only those academic courses that have life application. Domestic arts and reading, writing, math, and music. Later, business and science courses.
Women are caretakers - symbols of purity, morality, and sentimentality.
This replaced the old view of women as evil. Bethune stressed responsibility which gave one authority to do good in the world. Bethune believed that voting is very important to the educational process. Black women who want education should receive education. I want my people to prepare themselves bravely for life, not because they are Negroes, but because they are men.