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Mary McLeod Bethune founds the National Council of Negro Women in New York City.

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Mary McLeod Bethune

American educator and civil rights leader (1875–1955)

Mary McLeod Bethune was an American educator, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights activist. Bethune founded the National Council of Negro Women in 1935, and proceeded to establish the Aframerican Women's Journal, which was the flagship journal of the…
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National Council of Negro Women

United States nonprofit

The National Council of Negro Women, Inc. (NCNW) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1935 with the mission to advance the opportunities and the quality of life for African-American women, their families, and communities. Mary McLeod Bethune, the founder of NCNW, wanted to…
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