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Mary Jane McLeod Bethune was an educator, philanthropist, humanitarian and civil rights activist. Bethune founded the National Council of Negro Women in New York City in 1935, established the organization's flagship journal Aframerican Women's Journal, and presided as the leader of various African American women's organizations including the National Association for Colored Women and the National Youth Administration's Negro Division. She also was appointed as a national advisor to president Franklin D. Roosevelt, whom she worked with to create the Federal Council on Colored Affairs, also known as the Black Cabinet.

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Schiff, John: Portrait of Mary Bethune, undated, Leo Baeck Institute, F 041 AR 25082.