CarveHerName on Nostr: #OnThisDay, 3 Oct 1904, Mary McLeod Bethune opens the Daytona Literary and Industrial ...
#OnThisDay, 3 Oct 1904, Mary McLeod Bethune opens the Daytona Literary and Industrial Training School for Black girls in Florida. Initially there were six students. Within a year there were more than 30 (see photo). It's now Bethune Cookman university.
Bethune went on to be an advisor to FDR, and was part of the US delegation that created the UN.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons
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