Young Girls Learn about Gender Justice and Environmental Stewardship

"We have a powerful potential in our youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends" - Mary McLeod Bethune

A powerful civil rights activist and educator, Mary McLeod Bethune devoted her career to improving the lives of African Americans. She founded a school, Bethune-Cookman College, and served as president of the National Council of Negro Women and as a top black administrator in the Roosevelt administration. The first headquarters of the council and her last home, the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House was declared a National Historic Site under the National Park Service in 1982.

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