Mary McLeod Bethune: Educator

While best known for her efforts to promote educational opportunities for blacks, Mary McLeod Bethune was also a powerful political force. This book examines that power in such chapters as "The Politics of Persuasion" & "The Black Brain Trust." She served as the first president of the National Council of Negro Women & was a contemporary of Mary Church Terrell, Lady Nancy Astor (the first woman member of Parliament), & Eleanor Roosevelt. Chronology, bibliography, & index. Part of the Black Americans of Achievement series.Halasa, Malu is the author of 'Mary McLeod Bethune: Educator', published 1993 under ISBN 9780791002254 and ISBN 079100225X.