Mary Mcleod Bethune

She was born into a poor South Carolina family, but was determined to get an education. She later became a teacher and started a school for African-American students.

• Mary Washington

• Mary L. Roosevelt

• Mary McLeod Bethune

This African American woman was appointed by __________to head a national youth department, focused on education.

• President Franklin

• President Roosevelt

• President Truman

Which idea was important to Mary McLeod Bethune because in her town, African-American children did not receive the same quality of education as white children.

• Equal education

• Great teachers

• Large schools

Why did Mary want to open a school for African American children?

• She loved to teach when she was young.

• She believed that all children had a right to a good education.

• Her mother was a teacher.

Mary McLeod Bethune had a vision that African American women could be successful by 

• getting an education. 
• writing like Phyllis Wheatley. 
• protesting. 
• waiting for the law to allow equal treatment. 

Mary studied at __________ in Chicago, Illinois

• Tuskegee University

• Moody Bible Institute

• Trinity Bible Institute

Mary McLeod Bethune's parents were ________.

• housekeepers

• storekeepers

• farmers

Mary McLeod Bethune was a 

• Civil Rights leader
• African American Educator
• member of Franklin D. Roosevelt's Black Cabinet 
• All of the above

Mary Bethune was invited to the White House to give advice on what?

• The New Deal
• The 19th Amendment
• The Civil Rights Act
• education

What did Mary expect of her students?

• To work hard
• To learn
• To behave
• All of the above