Product Description: Mary McLeod Bethune, advisor to US presidents and advocate of women's rights wrote for the "Chicago Defender" from the late 1940s until her death in the mid 1950s and this volume divides her work into issue-orientated catagories. Before writing her weekly public affairs column, Mary McLeod Bethune had seen America from Reconstruction to the rise of the civil rights movement...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Once hailed as the most influential Black woman in the U.S., Mary McLeod Bethune has received little scholarly attention in the histories of the period. McCluskey and Smith examine the complex career of this leader, demonstrating her role as stateswoman, politician, educational leader and visionary...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)