Mary McLeod Bethune
By: Sandra Donovan.
Series: African American biographies; African American biographies (Chicago, Ill.)
Publisher: Raintree
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
Subjects: Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955 -- Juvenile literature.; Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955.; African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; African American women political activists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; African American women educators -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; African American women social reformers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.; Teachers.; African Americans -- Biography.; Women -- Biography.; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography; Biography.
Description: Recounts the life of Mary McLeod Bethune, an African American educator who fought poverty and discrimination, founded a college, and worked with Franklin Delano Roosevelt to improve opportunities for blacks.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 63) and index.
Table of contents: title: Childhood; title: Higher education; title: A teacher; title: A new school; title: The Bethune-Cookman College; title: Fighting for fairness; title: A meaningful life.