PAGE SUMMARY Mary McLeod Bethune was born in 1875, towards the end of Reconstruction in America.
She was the last of 17 children born to Samuel and Patsy (nee McIntosh) McLeod. Mary mcleod bethune death Mary mcleod bethune schoolHow old was mary mcleod bethune when she diedMary mcleod bethune fun factsMary mcleod bethune quotesBefore Mary was born, Patsy and Samuel were freed following Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. Patsy became financially dependent on her former enslaver, working for him on the rice and cotton plantation until she saved enough money to purchase the house Mary was born in.
Mary was the first child in the family
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