Mary McLeod Bethune(1875-1955), a teacher who had built an outstanding school in Florida, became director of the Division of Negro Affairs of the National Youth Administration: the first black woman to head a federal agency. The First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, a hard worker, in her own for civil rights, had championed Mrs. Bethune.
This lady is another one who never let anyone tell her she couldn't be what she wanted to be. She understood that education was the way to get up and out of poverty.
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