1. Educator Born in South Carolina 1875-1955 Mary McLeod Bethune

2. Childhood Parents were slaves She picked cotton as well Attended a Methodist Mission School Missionary- A person who travels around telling people about their religion and trying to convert them. Attended Moody Bible Institute in Chicago

3. Adulthood Became a teacher Married Albertus Bethune 1898 Moved to Florida and opened a school to teach girls At first, it was an elementary school and later became a highschool then a college Bethune-Cookman college in Florida

4. Timeline 1875 Born 1904 Started a school for African American Children 1923 Bethune’s school became the Bethune-Cookman College 1935 Founded the National Council for Negro Women 1955 Died