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Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955), Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site, 2015.

Date unknown. Pictured: Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune with members of the NCNW. Description: Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune used education, political activism and civil service to achieve racial and gender equality throuhgout the US and the world. The first person in her family born free and the only person in her family afforded a formal education, Bethune emerged from abject poverty and oppression of the Reconstruction Era South to achieve greatness. The Council House was the first headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) and was Dr. Bethune's last home in Washington, D.C. It was from here that Bethune and the NCNW spearheaded strategies and developed programs that advanced the interests of African American women.

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Organization: Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
Address: 1318 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20005

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