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Mary McLeod Bethune

1875 - 1955

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Mary Jane McLeod Bethune (née McLeod; July 10, 1875 – May 18, 1955) was an American educator, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights activist. Bethune founded the National Council of Negro Women in 1935, established the organization's flagship journal Aframerican Women's Journal, and presided for a myriad of African-American women's organizations including the National Association for Colored Women and the National Youth Administration's Negro Division. She started a private school for African-American students which later became Bethune-Cookman University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary McLeod Bethune has received more than 1,812,028 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Mary McLeod Bethune is the 620th most popular social activist (down from 546th in 2019), the 11,028th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,151st in 2019) and the 100th most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Mary McLeod Bethune ranks 620 out of 840. Before her are Albertina Sisulu, Robert Emmet, Betty Ong, Jan Egeland, Frances Willard, and Irene Fernandez. After her are Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Manal al-Sharif, Josefa Francisco, Ahed Tamimi, and Luisa Cuesta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Mary McLeod Bethune ranks 195. Before her are Alphonzo Bell, Samuel S. Hinds, Julius Lenhart, Karl Malmström, Walter Middelberg, and Rebeca Matte Bello. After her are Charles Ericksen, J. Farrell MacDonald, Charles Holden, Alice Dunbar Nelson, and Frank Craven. Among people deceased in 1955, Mary McLeod Bethune ranks 166. Before her are David Carstens, James Jones, S. Z. Sakall, Harold Walden, Pentti Haanpää, and Jack McGrath. After her are Einar Arnórsson, Robert Riskin, John McLean, Carlyle Blackwell, Katharine Drexel, and Leo Amery.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mary McLeod Bethune ranks 11,028 out of 20,380. Before her are Clifford Jordan (1931), Michael Chabon (1963), Allan Arbus (1918), Harriet Hosmer (1830), Richard Taruskin (1945), and Tom Dowd (1925). After her are William Schallert (1922), Dick Button (1929), Chad Coleman (1974), Cornelia Fort (1919), Debbie Gibson (1970), and William Cameron Townsend (1896).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Mary McLeod Bethune ranks 100. Before her are Lillian Wald (1867), Aaron Swartz (1986), Mario Savio (1942), Rachel Corrie (1979), Betty Ong (1956), and Frances Willard (1839). After her are Yolanda King (1955), Amelia Boynton Robinson (1911), Lucy Burns (1879), Angelina Grimké (1805), Phoebe Hearst (1842), and Norma McCorvey (1947).

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