Born Mary Jane McLeod on July 10, 1875, in the small town of Mayesville, South Carolina, Mary McLeod Bethune’s journey from a cotton field to the White House stands as one of the most remarkable chapters in American history. The fifteenth of seventeen children and the only one born free after the abolition of slavery Bethune transformed personal hardship into national progress, becoming a pillar of education, civil rights, and women’s empowerment in the 20th century.
Bethune’s childhood was marked by poverty and perseverance. By age nine, she was picking 250 pounds of cotton a day alongside her family. Her first major turning point came when she attended the Trinity Presbyterian Mission School, a modest one-room structure five miles from her home. Each day, she walked the distance barefoot, sometimes enduring harassment from white children along the road.
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