Date/Time
Date(s) - 02/15/2018
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Location
Florida Gulf Coast University
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Florida Humanities Speaker Series
The Southwest Florida Historical Society, The Lee County Black History Society and The Florida Gulf Coast University Office of Community Outreach Present:
Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Comes to Life: A First Person Perspective by Ersula Knox Odom
Thursday, February 15th 2018 | Reception 5:30 pm | Event 6pm- 8pm
Florida Gulf Coast University
Seidler Hall Room 114
10501 FGCU Blvd. South, Fort Myers, FL 33965-6565
Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955) was the founder of Bethune- Cookman University. She served as a New Deal government official in one of the 20 highest level offices held by women in the administration and the highest held by an African American woman; was founder of FDR’s “black cabinet”; served as president of the National Association of Colored Women; founded and served as President of the National Council of Negro Women.
Ersula Knox- Odom is an author, legacy writer/reporter with approximately 100 articles to her credit, workshop leader, Florida Humanities Council Viva La Florida performer as Mary McLeod Bethune, motivational speaker and prize winning life lyricist.
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