The whole world opened to me when I learned to read.

She was the only black agent of the NYA who was releasing funds. These projects opened to these youth training opportunities and enabled the majority of them to qualify for jobs heretofore closed to them. During her tenure Bethune also puMary McLeod Bethuned national executives to approve a program of consumer education for blacks a foundation for black crippled children and planned for a compile of studies pertaining to black workers’ education councils.

in Logan Circle is preserved by the National Park Service as a National Historic Site and a sculpture of her is located in Lincoln Park in Washington D. " Her home in Daytona Beach is a National Historic Landmark her house in Washington D. Bethune worked tirelessly to ensure funding for the school and used it as a showcase for tourists and donors to exhibit what educated African-Americans could do.