Dr. Mary Mcleod Bethune: Lady Of The Struggle

Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune was born on July 10, 1875 in Maysville, South Carolina. Mary’s family worked by being in the fields picking cotton. . Mary’s parents decided to buy a farm for the family. She helped her mother by washing white people clothes and when she was allowed to go into the children’s nursery she was fascinated with toys. Mary picked up a book and one of the white children took it from her telling her that she couldn’t read which inspired her to learn how to read. She was the only child to go to school that opened for African American children. Later, she received a scholarship for Scotia Seminary which is now called Barber Scotia College located in Concord, North Carolina. Later in the year Mary attended Dwight L. Moody’s Institute

Mary McLeod Bethune the fifteenth of seventeen children born . Mary Bethune was the first born free slave in her family. In Mayesville, South Carolina the year of 1875 twelve years after slavery was abolished. Mary McLeod one of the only children from her parents to attend school; On the first day of school her teacher Miss Wilson Presented them with a Bible, read for god love the world he gave his only son, so those that believe in god will not be alone. Bethune retained most information entirely this means no one will be desired an unjust punishment we are all equal to God.

Based on her research and documentation, Mary Beth Norton provides a clear argument that men during this time period carried a strong dependence for women in order to prosper. At one point in the book, Mary Beth Norton brings up an economic crisis when women decided to boycott drinking tea. “Male leaders recognized that they needed women’s cooperation to ensure that Americans would comply with the request to forgo the use of tea and luxury goods until the act was repealed.” (157) This particular protest displays the importance of female consumerism. During this time period, though men often saw women as their inferior, women were an important asset in making clothing. “Furthermore, the manufactories afforded women the opportunity to learn demanding

Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune has paved the way for african-american adolescents, like myself, to live a life of greater quality. Being born of slaves, no one imagined that her values would manifest into a prestigious Historically Black College/University. From toiling in fields with her family, to becoming the president of an accredited college was a huge accomplishment for blacks at the time. Mary Bethune’s prosperity didn’t conclude with the commencement of her own distinguished university, but she became a national leader. The National Association of Colored Women became popularized for advocating the enhancement of colored women in society. In this organization, Bethune served as Florida chapter president from 1917 to 1925. Her duties included:

Mary Ann Shadd Cary was one of the most influential African-American, female leaders during the Antebellum era. As an advocate for equality and integration, Cary contributed an immense amount of effort towards establishing the foundation of black livelihood. Though labeled inferior on the basis of ethnicity and gender, she was a fierce, headstrong, successful activist in a political world dominated by white males. This essay will analyze Cary’s approach to solidifying African American safety and nationalism during the 19th century.

While they were born in different centuries, Maya Angelou and Sojourner Truth led parallel fights for African American equality. Despite living in different time periods, both of these women laid the groundwork for activists to come. Sojourner Truth was born into slavery in 1797, she later escaped which led her to become an abolitionist to fight for the freedom of others. Maya Angelou was born almost 150 years later in 1928, and faced much of the same hate-fuelled racism. Living in the south during the Civil Rights Era pushed Angelou to become an activist to fight for those without a voice. Through peaceful protest using poetry, both Truth and Angelou made progress in their fight for equality of African Americans and complete social

Shirley Chisholm, first African American woman to be elected to Congress was born in Brooklyn on November 30, 1924. She is one of the most profound and admired women that challenged society not only as a woman, but a woman of color. She made many contributions to the women's movement and society.

Shirley Chisholm is an African American politician, educator, and author. She is the first African American to be in Congress. On August 10, 1970 she stood in front of the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC to present a speech. The speech called “For the Equal Rights Amendment”, communicates the discrimination against women and how they’re being treated against men. She uses ethos, logos, pathos and questions to help explain how women are treated unfairly.

Several reform movements began near the end of the 1800 and caused a great change in the world we live in today. One of these movements was the abolition movement calling for an end to slavery. Throughout the time leading to the abolishment of slavery, African-Americans were treated poorly. Many were lynched killed and were unable to defend themselves due to the lack of education and the rights in the African-American community. Moreover, the Jim Crow laws were enforced, causing the segregation of restaurants, schools, theaters, and other public places. Another popular movement was woman suffrage, which calls for women's right to vote. At this point in history, women were unable

At the height of the Civil Rights Movement (1954-1968), women played a big part in not only keeping the crusade alive, but also played a big part in energizing the masses to continue the long and arduous struggle against the seemingly impenetrable institutions of power which disenfranchised African-Americans and regarded their humanity as nothing more than mere pieces of property owned by others. Women like Coretta Scott King, Fannie Lou Hamer, Ella Baker, Septima Clark and countless mothers, sisters, and daughters proved to be important

The modern Civil Rights Movement was a pivoting moment in US History. Many African Americans leaders fought for our rights such as Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, Medger Evars and E.D. Nixon just to name a few. They sacrificed and lost their lives everyday to fight for freedom and equality, so that this generation could have a better life then they did. The most overlooked activist who is the backbone of the Civil Rights Movement is Fannie Lou Hamer. Fannie Lou Hamer is the name that is not only worth of remembering, it is one of “those” names that became a lighthouse for millions of people all over the world. Her life is the story of a woman with the strongest spirit ever, a story of a woman that was not afraid of anything and ready to fight for the right that people deserve. She changed Mississippi forever with the will power of her voice. Not only did Hamer help African Americans register to vote in the year 1964, but also she was the co-founder of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.

Probably the most re-known civil rights movement was the struggle for former slaves to attain freedom. Among these slaves was one who not only freed herself, but also freed a numerous amount of other slaves that she encountered. This woman is known to us all as Harriet Tubman, but was known by the slaves as a “saint” who helped them get their freedom. As said by Richard in Black Boy, “My life as a Negro in America had led me to feel...that the problem of humanity was more important than bread, more important than physical living itself; for I felt that without a common

Reading the passage “What is History” I gather that history is what might or might not have really happen. History is our past and there will always be history as long as there are people on the Earth. When Mary Beth Norton read the same document as Professor Bradford and written a whole different book, just shows that people have different views of the same reading. The question I would like to answer in US History, why did democracy became US form of government. The reason why I would like to know the answer to see why America didn’t stay with

Wether it was recruitment, mobilization, or obtaining and securing resources, African American women were the backbone and the unsung heros of these movements. “Given the context of the times, the period 1954-65, women who participated in the civil rights movement experienced unprecedented power” (Robnett 1996).

     Mary McLeod Bethune was an innovative leader because she took a story which was largely latent in the population, equal education rights for black children, and brought it to national prominence through the creation of the Bethune-Cookman college. She was also a visionary leader because of the incredible success she was able to attain in advancing the cause of equal education.