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Author:

Jones, Ida.

Title:

Mary McLeod Bethune in Washington, D.C. : activism & education in Logan Circle / Dr. Ida E. Jones.

Publisher:

The History Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

188 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

Bethune, Mary McLeod,--1875-1955.
Bethune, Mary McLeod,--1875-1955--Homes and haunts--Washington (D.C.)
African American women educators--Biography.
African American educators--Biography.
African American women political activists--Biography.
Washington (D.C.)--Biography.
African American women--Washington (D.C.)--Social conditions--20th century.
African Americans--History--Washington (D.C.)--History--20th century.
African Americans--History--Washington (D.C.)--History--20th century.
Washington (D.C.)--History--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Foreword / by Dr. Elizabeth Clark-Lewis -- 1. Mary Jane McLeod -- Give Them a Chance : The Daytona Industrial School -- Leading the National Association of Colored Women -- An Act of Kindness, A Lifelong Friendship -- 2. Becoming a Washington Resident -- President Roosevelt Calls : National Youth Administration -- Showcasing Negro Women : NCNW at 1318 Vermont Avenue, NW -- Publishing and Preserving Negro Women's History -- 3. In the House -- Celebrating All Womankind : The Honor Roll -- All the World's Welcome : International Visitors -- We Serve America, Keep Your Job, Young Women & Employment -- 4. For the House -- Home Runs, Brotherly Love and Bethune Benefit Games -- Sing a Song Full of Hope : Concerts for Civil and Human Rights -- Jim Crow Sends Stork to DC Street : Committee on Sibley Hospital -- Beauty, Health and Delta Sigma Theta -- 5. Stepping Aside : Bidding Washington Adieu -- The Magnificent Dreamer Retires -- Dr. Dorothy Ferebee Installed as President -- Washington in the Rearview -- Appendix: Bethune's Washington Timeline, 1936-1949.

ISBN:

1626190062 (paperback)
9781626190061 (paperback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)840462705

LCCN:

2013019202

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)