Mary Jane McLeod Bethune (July 10, 1875 – May 18, 1955) was an American educator and civil rights leader best known for starting a school for black students in Daytona Beach, Florida that eventually became Bethune-Cookman University and for being an advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Born in South Carolina to parents who had been slaves, and having to work in fields at age 5, she took an early interest in her own education. With the help of benefactors, Bethune attended college hoping to become a missionary in Africa. When that did not materialize, she started a school for black girls in Daytona Beach. From six students it grew and merged with an institute for black boys and eventually became the Bethune-Cookman School. Its quality far surpassed the standards of education for black students, and rivaled those of white schools. Bethune worked tirelessly to ensure funding for the school, and used it as a showcase for tourists and donors, to exhibit what educated black people could do. She was president of the college from 1923 to 1942 and 1946 to 1947, one of the few women in the world who served as a college president at that time.
From. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_McLeod_Bethune
I admired this women, because she was dedicated not just in the idea of be a teacher. She also fought for people rights in difficult times and also fought for his own believes agaist many things. I think that, this is what teachers sometimes need to realized (that they are not just people for one specific role and to fight for anything or anybody), they sometimes have to do different activities but as a conscious and responsible person find the ways to achieve any kind of goal or purpose.
Teachers are always and everywhere teachers, that feel proud about his o her work and that’s why I thing that she is an example for any teacher!!!
