Mary McLeod Bethune c.1949 Atlantic coasters

Bethune was an American educator, stateswoman, philanthropist, humanitarian,  womanist and civil rights activist.  Bethune founded the National Council for Negro Women in 1935, established the organization’s flagship journal Aframerican Women’s Journal, and resided as president or leader for myriad 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 adviser to president Franklin D. Roosevelt, whom she worked with to create the Federal Council on Negro Affairs, also known as the Black Cabinet.  She is well known for starting a private school for African American students  in Daytona Beach, Florida it later continued to develop as Bethune Cookman University Bethune was the sole African American woman officially a part of the US delegation that created the United Nations charter, and she held a leadership position for the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps.  For her lifetime of activism, she was deemed “acknowledged First Lady of Negro America” by Ebony magazine in July 1949 and was known by the Black Press as the “Female Booker T. Washington”.   She was known as “The First Lady of The Struggle” because of her commitment to gain better lives for African Americans.

4.25″ ceramic coaster with cork backing  
6×6″ trivet with cork backing
(trivets can tolerate heat up to 375 degrees, and can also be used as a spoon rest or placed on an easel as decor)

SKU:  AMCB