USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Mary McLeod Bethune, (born July 10, 1875, Mayesville, South Carolina, U.S.-died May 18, 1955, Daytona Beach, Florida), American educator who was active nationally in African American affairs and was a special adviser to U.S. Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt on the problems of minority groups.

Detailed explanation-2: -She served as an advisor to President Calvin Coolidge by participating in a White House Conference on Child Welfare and Housing. Under President Herbert Hoover, she was invited to participate in his White House Conference on Child Health and Protection.

Detailed explanation-3: -President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) appointed Mary McLeod Bethune (1875–1955) to a position created especially for her in the National Youth Administration (NYA), a New Deal program. As Director of the NYA’s Office of Minority Affairs, Mrs.

Detailed explanation-4: -First African American woman to head a federal agency division. Renowned educator and reformer Mary McLeod Bethune (1875–1955) dedicated her life to organizing and empowering African American women to work for equality.

Detailed explanation-5: -A friend of Eleanor Roosevelt, in 1936, Bethune became the highest ranking African American woman in government when President Franklin Roosevelt named her director of Negro Affairs of the National Youth Administration, where she remained until 1944.