Mary McLeod Bethune
By: by Susan Evento.
Series: Rookie biographies; Rookie biography.
Publisher: Children's Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 31
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.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography; Biography.
Description: An introduction to 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 index.