Mary McLeod Bethune, pictured in the 1920s ... was sent to school while some of her siblings continued to work on the family farm. After completing studies at Scotia Seminary and, in 1895 ...

The family could only afford to send one ... president of the National Council of Negro Women, presents the Mary McLeod Bethune Human Rights Award to Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt at the council's ...

Born Mary Jane McLeod, Bethune was the 15th of 17 children. She grew up on a farm in South Carolina and began working in the fields when she was 5. The only child in her family to be educated, she ...

She was taught by her family that her roots were in Africa ... Her training prepared her to become a missionary. Mary McLeod ...

The family could only afford to send one ... president of the National Council of Negro Women, presents the Mary McLeod Bethune Human Rights Award to Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt at the council's ...