An Iron Fist and A Velvet Glove: Mary McLeod Bethune and Her Commitment to Black Education Tionna C. Haynes ‘15 “The Heart, Head, and Hand” The Road to Bethune-Cookman University 1904 - Bethune established the Daytona Educational and Industrial Training Institute 1923 – Merger with Cookman Institute to make a coeducational high school 1931 - Bethune-Cookman became a two-year college 1941 – Bethune-Cookman became a four-year college 2007 – Bethune Cookman became a university with its addition of a Master’s degree program The Female Booker T. Washington Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955) Bethune learned about the “heart, head, and hand” educational philosophy as a student at the Scotia Academy in North Carolina. This philosophy developed young girls’ knowledge of religion, intellectual, and practical learning: The Holy Bible Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic Domestic Science This kind of education would prepare young Southern black girls for the world. First President of Bethune-Cookman President of the State Federation of colored Women’s Clubs President of the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs Created the National Council of Negro Women Was an advisor on minority affair in the Roosevelt Administration Appointed to the Hoover Administration’s National Commission on Child Welfare and the Commission on Home Building and Home Ownership “Mary McLeod Bethune’s vision lives on today at the school that she founded which continues to sustain her legacy of faith, scholarship, and service”’ ~ The Bethune-Cookman University website Just like Booker T. Washington, Mary McLeod Bethune was committed to educating black people to make them employable in their society.