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Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
Painting of Mary McLeod Bethune
Oil painting portrait of Mary McLeod Bethune by Anne Beadenkopf.

NPS Photo by Kenneth J. Chandler.

Portrait of Mary McLeod Bethune. An oil painting by Anne Beadenkopf. Catalog number MAMC 000027.

MAMC 000027

Portrait of Mary McLeod Bethune. An oil painting by Anne Beadenkopf in a gilded frame. Dated 1953. The picture shows Mary McLeod Bethune standing with her left hand holding a cane. She is wearing a navy velvet dress and one of her many awards around her neck.
Mary McLeod Bethune wearing the Commander of the Order of the Star of Africa medal.  

Did You Know?
In 1949, President Harry S Truman appointed Mary McLeod Bethune as a United States Representative to the second inauguration of President William V. S. Tubman of Liberia, West Africa. She was awarded Liberia's most prestigious award, the Commander of the Order of the Star of Africa.

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