Mary McLeod Bethune, pictured in the 1920s ... born a decade after slavery’s abolition, was the 15th of 17 children and was sent to school while some of her siblings continued to work on ...

Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, Director of Negro Affairs ... Allowed into the white children's nursery, Mary would find amusement playing with their toys. In one instance, she curiously opened a ...

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 ...

Yet, the school’s founder — Mary McLeod Bethune — is never alone ... Mary McCleod was the 15th of 17 children born to former slaves Sam and Patsy McLeod. She was the first of her siblings ...

Born to former slaves a decade after the end of the Civil War, educator and political leader Mary McLeod Bethune grew up in South Carolina as the 15th of 17 children. Despite a childhood of poverty ...

“We do know our children are already geniuses, and this is a place to highlight the brilliance that is within,” said Aliya Catanch-Bradley, Principal of Mary McLeod Bethune School. The School ...