Mary Mcleod Bethune

   Mary McLeod Bethune was born on July10, 1875. Her mother was Patsy Bethune and her father was Samuel Bethune. They had 17 children and Mary was the 15th. They had a 5 acre lot with a little cabin they called the homestead. She was the first to be born there. In 1882 Mary attended the Trintity Presbyterian mission school in Mayesville, South Carolina,  in 1886. At age 10  she graduated from the school and got a scholarship to Scotia Seminary. In 1894 she graduated to Moody Bible Institute.  She became a teacher in 1895  and 2 years later she married Alburtus  Bethune and had one son.