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	Bethune, Henry Norman
		Bethune, Henry Norman, surgeon, inventor, political activist (b at Gravenhurst, Ont 3 Mar 1890; d at Huang Shiko, N China 12 Nov 1939).
		Bethune's fame in Canada has resulted from his status as a hero in the People's Republic of China and the impact of this on Sino-Canadian relations.
		Bethune left Canada for the last time in 1938 to join the 8th Route Army in the Shanxi-Hobei border region.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0000715 (454 words)

	Norman Bethune - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bethune's work in Spain in developing mobile medical units was the model for the later development of Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) units.
		Bethune died on November 12, 1939, of blood poisoning from a cut he received while performing surgery, while with the Communist Party of China's Eighth Route Army in the midst of the second Sino-Japanese War.
		Bethune was an early proponent of universal health care, the success of which he observed during a visit to the Soviet Union.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Norman_Bethune (668 words)

	Mary McLeod Bethune
		Bethune began her career as an educator in earnest when she rented a two-story frame building in Daytona Beach, Fla., and began the difficult task of establishing a school for African American girls.
		Bethune served as president of the college until her retirement as president emeritus in 1942.
		Bethune's business activities were confined to the Central Life Insurance Company of Tampa, Fla., of which she was president for several years; the Afro-American Life Insurance Company of Jacksonville, which she served as director; and the Bethune-Volusia Beach Corporation, a recreation area and housing development she founded in 1940.
	www.africawithin.com /bios/mary_bethune.htm (866 words)

	Syndicated Column -- Mary McLeod Bethune
		Mary McLeod Bethune, born to former slaves a decade after the end of the Civil War, devoted her life to ensuring the right to education and freedom from discrimination for fl Americans.
		Bethune worked not only to maintain the school, but she also fought aggressively the segregation and inequality facing fls.
		Bethune served as director of the National Youth Administration's Division of Negro Affairs (1936), Vice-President of the NAACP (1940), and served on President Truman's Committee of Twelve for National Defense (1951).
	www.nahc.org /NAHC/Val/Columns/SC10-6.html (657 words)

	AFRO-AMERICAN ALMANAC - African-American History Resource (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mary Jane McLeod Bethune has left her mark indelibly printed upon the walls of time as an outstanding educator, a giant of race relations, advisor to U.S. presidents, and the first Black woman in the United States to establish a school that became a four-year accredited college.
		Bethune left a legacy to her people, that her philosophy of living and serving would be inspirational to those who share her vision of a world peace.
		Bethune, champion of human rights, a woman beloved by all regardless of race, color or creed, closed her eyes for the last time.
	www.toptags.com /aama/bio/women/mbethune.htm (608 words)

	Parks Canada - Bethune Memorial House National Historic Site of Canada - Natural Wonders and Cultural Treasures (Site not responding. Last check: )
		But Bethune could not be unaffected by the Depression; one-third of the population of Montreal was on direct relief.
		Bethune felt that in China another military dictatorship was on the march.
		Bethune then realized that in the guerrilla-war zone of China all medical facilities had to be mobile.
	parkscanada.pch.gc.ca /lhn-nhs/on/bethune/natcul/natcul1_E.asp (2120 words)

	Our Founder
		Bethune stayed in Palatka five years, until she was encouraged to go to Daytona by Reverend S.P. Pratt who informed her that the area was fertile ground for her missionary spirit.
		Bethune's increasing Involvement in national conferences on education, child welfare, and home ownership, as well as her reputation as a moving spirit in the fl women's club movement, brought her into contact with a widening circle of influential people which eventually included the Roosevelts.
		Bethune was invited by President Dumarsais Estime of the Republic of Haiti to celebrate the 1949 Haitian Exposition and became the first woman to be given the Medal of Honor and Merit, Haiti's highest award.
	www.cookman.edu /Welcome/Founder (2157 words)

	Mary McCloud Bethune (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Bethune worked hard to keep her little school going, baking sweet potato pies to sell, and soon involving the community in her efforts.
		Bethune was recognized for her hard work during her lifetime and received many honors.
		On July 10, 1974, ninety-nine years to the day after Bethune's birth, she became the first woman and the first African-American to be honored with a statue in a public park in Washington, D.C. The statue, in Lincoln Park, is a reminder of her achievements.
	www.usca.edu /aasc/bethune.htm (2168 words)

	Mary McLeod Bethune Papers (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Bethune became increasingly assertive in national politics during her work for the New Deal; her work with the NYA and the Federal Council of Negro Affairs is notable.
		Bethune’s interest in foreign affairs and the United Nations is reflected in extensive correspondence with Liberian and Haitian nationals as well as with the sister of Prime Minister Nehru of India and UN delegate Ralph Bunche.
		Among Bethune’s activities that are covered by the Foundation Collection subject files are her contributions as a director of several national organizations, her office as WWII era adviser to the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WACS), her travels to Haiti and Africa, and her involvement in partisan politics and local civil rights work in Florida.
	www.lexisnexis.com /academic/2upa/Aaas/MaryMcLeodBethunePapers.asp (3015 words)

	Bethune, Dr. Norman - Great Men and Women of the World
		Norman Bethune (1830-1939) was born in Gravenhurst, Ontario.
		Bethune was one of the top paid doctors in Canada, 39, and one of the world's top thoracic surgeons.
		Bethune and his colleagues discovered difficulties with some patients, however, in that the blood they transfused didn't work, and the patient died.
	homepage.oanet.com /jaywhy/bethune.htm (613 words)

	Gordon Bethune - Leading Authorities Speakers Bureau
		Gordon Bethune is the former chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Continental Airlines Inc., the nation's fifth largest airline.
		In 2003, Bethune was inducted into the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame, which honors Texans who have made outstanding contributions to the development, growth or preservation of aviation.
		Prior to joining Continental, Bethune was vice president and general manager of the Boeing Commercial Airplane Group's Renton Division, where he was responsible for the 737 and 757 airplanes.
	www.leadingauthorities.com /23823/Gordon_Bethune.htm (617 words)

	collecting stamps and coins - Norman Bethune
		Norman Bethune was born in Gravenhurst, Ontario in 1890.
		Bethune wrote extensively on the development of new surgical instruments, helping to establish a body of work that would be an essential reference for any surgeon
		And finally, Bethune is probably most remembered as being the first to introduce the mobile blood bank to the battlefield, where he performed countless blood transfusions in the midst of heavy fighting.
	www.allnationsstampandcoin.com /coins/sales_coins_bethune.html (241 words)

	Mary McLeod Bethune - Photos and primary source documents.
		Contrasts aan interview with Mary McLeod Bethune, and draft of planned biography to discuss primary and secondary sources.
		Bethune was active in the fight against racism and served as an unofficial advisor to President Roosevelt.
		Bethune in the summer of 1946 though the biography was never completed.
	www.floridamemory.com /OnlineClassroom/MaryBethune (185 words)

	Norman Bethune (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mao Zedong, who received Bethune after his arrival in China early in 1939, wrote with great appreciation of Bethune’s spirit of absolute selflessness as proven dramatically in his tragic death on the battlefront in northwestern China from blood poisoning on November 12, 1939.
		Bethune’s unique contributions in China were the culmination of his family’s long tradition of dedication to altruistic human service and his personal experiences as a medical doctor in the First World War, the Spanish Civil War, and among the sick and destitute in both Canada and the United States.
		Bethune’s initial practice in Detroit put him in close daily contact with the less fortunate and their never-ending medical and financial problems.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /heirloom_series/volume4/58-63.htm (1895 words)

	Guide Introduction: Mary McLeod Bethune Papers: The Bethune Foundation (Site not responding. Last check: )
		When Bethune added a fireproof room to her house for hundreds of document files, they were valuable potential resources for the memoir that never materialized and the investigations of researchers to come.
		Even after Bethune resigned the BCC presidency, she retained great influence over the Board of Trustees--an influence that had permitted her to ouster one president and move in that direction with the other on the alleged grounds that they did not understand the philosophy of BCC.
		Bethune called her home "sacred" in "My Foundation" and in a draft typescript column, "Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation Is Born," Florence L. Roane Papers, a private collection used through the courtesy of Dr.
	www.lexis-nexis.com /cispubs/guides/african_american/bethune/bethune1.htm (5954 words)

	Biography of Mary McLeod Bethune
		Mary McLeod Bethune was born Mary Jane McLeod on July 10, 1875 in Mayesville, South Carolina.
		Bethune was active in the fight against racism and served under several Presidents as a member of the unofficial African American "brain trust." In 1936 she was appointed by President Roosevelt as the director of the National Youth Administration's Division of Negro Affairs.
		Thirty years later in 1985, Bethune was recognized as one of the most influential Afro-American women in the country with a postage stamp issued in her honor and a statue of her erected in a park in Washington, DC.
	www.floridamemory.com /OnlineClassroom/MaryBethune/Bethune_bio3.cfm (273 words)

	Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)
		Mary McLeod Bethune was the 15th of 17 children of former slaves.
		Founded in 1935 by Mary McLeod Bethune, the NCNW mission is to lead, develop, and advocate for women of African descent as they support their families and communities.
		Mary McLeod Bethune was invited by President Dumarsais Estimé of the President of Haïti to celebrate the 1949 Haïtian Exposition.
	www.nps.gov /mamc (281 words)

	Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Black History Month - Bethune fought for education for blacks
		In addition to academics at the Institute, fl girls learned to sew, cook, iron and wash. Bethune believed delivering these services to the wealthy white residents of Daytona was a way for the young girls to earn a living and advance in life.
		Bethune sold sweet potato pies and embarked on an exhausting speaking tour, during which she called for civil rights and greater opportunities for fls.
		Bethune was also head of the National Association of Colored Women, which fought for women's suffrage and an end to the lynchings in the South.
	www.post-gazette.com /blackhistorymonth/19980224kids.asp (316 words)

	Bethune, Mary McLeod
		She married Albertus L. Bethune in 1898, and until 1903 she taught in a succession of small Southern schools.
		In 1904 Bethune moved to the east coast of Florida, where a large African-American population had grown up at the time of the construction of the Florida East Coast Railway, and in Daytona Beach, in October, she opened a school of her own, the Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute for Negro Girls.
		Bethune remained president of the college until 1942 and again from 1946 to 1947.
	search.eb.com /women/articles/Bethune_Mary_McLeod.html (284 words)

	Biography of Thomas Bethune also known as Thomas Wiggins - Blind Tom
		General Bethune told Charity that her son had as much intelligence as the family dog and he began teaching Tom to respond to animal commands like "sit" and "stand." Members of the Bethune family delighted in teaching their family pet the names of objects that he could feel and smell.
		General Bethune's sons enlisted in the Confederate army and in 1862 the General himself took up managing and traveling with Tom--always attempting to keep far south of the Union army lines and out of the line of fire.
		The Bethune entourage, with Tom in tow, hastily exited New Albany and fled to Ohio.
	www.twainquotes.com /archangels.html (3204 words)

	Bethune, Louise Blanchard
		The first professional woman architect in the United States, in 1885 Bethune joined the Western Association of Architects, of which she later served a term as vice president.
		In April 1888 she became the first woman elected to membership in the American Institute of Architects, and the next year she became the first woman fellow of the institute.
		Bethune died in Buffalo, New York, on December 18, 1913.
	www.search.eb.com /women/articles/Bethune_Louise_Blanchard.html (228 words)

	Mary McLeod Bethune House
		The Mary McLeod Bethune Council House, a National Historic Site, was significant as a center for the development of strategies and programs which advanced the interests of African American women and the fl community.
		Mary McLeod Bethune Council House was the residence of Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955), renowned educator, national political leader, and founder of the National Council of Negro Women from 1943 to 1955.
		It was at this Victorian townhouse that Mary McLeod Bethune, as the president of the National Council of Negro Women, received heads of state, government officials, and leaders from around the world.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/wash/dc62.htm (282 words)

	NORMAN BETHUNE COLLEGE
		Darryl Shaw and Jarrod Pare were the Bethune Athletic Council President and Vice President but despite their best efforts this was definitely a disappointing year for Bethune as they finished fourth for in the Torch Race.
		Bethune had a good year, equaling all of the numbers of the last year but Stong was better and they won the Torch by a narrow margin.
		The Council was the best that has existed in Bethune for a few years and Bethune students in general were aware of what the Torch is and how important it is to win.
	www.yorku.ca /bethune/torchhistory.html (333 words)

	Norman Bethune Tapestry
		The setting depicts a former Buddhist temple, which Bethune had converted to his operating room for the Eighth Route Army in Hopei Province in the north.
		Bethune had sailed on a CPR Empress liner from Vancouver soon after Japan attacked China, because he was at that time in Salmon Arm, B.C. on a fundraising mission for his blood transfusion service in the Spanish Civil War.
		Bethune is doing a rib resection to get at a lung damaged by a bullet.
	www.library.ubc.ca /woodward/memoroom/exhibits/bethune (368 words)

	Lesson Plan - Mary McLeod Bethune
		Bethune became a master of getting donations which helped buy new land and build a new school.
		Mary McLeod Bethune was not only a wonderful educator, but she was a great organizer and political activist.
		Bethune was also involved in many national organizations that tried to improve the lives of fl people and women.
	teacherlink.ed.usu.edu /tlresources/units/Byrnes-famous/mbethune.html (1977 words)

	Explore DC: Mary McLeod Bethune
		As former slaves, Bethune's parents were determined that she accept an offer from a Quaker woman to attend school when few educational opportunities were available to African Americans.
		Bethune founded a school for African-American girls in Daytona, Florida, which in 1923 became the co-educational Bethune-Cookman College.
		Bethune became a national leader and united all major fl women's organizations across the nation into one powerful group, the National Council of Negro Women.
	www.exploredc.org /index.php?id=38 (176 words)

	Mary McLeod Bethune
		Mary McLeod Bethune, the fifteenth of seventeenth children, was born in Mayesville, South Carolina, on 10th July, 1875.
		A member of the NAACP, Bethune defied Jim Crow customs and all seating in her schools were desegregated.
		Bethune was also president of the National Association of Colored Women (1924 to 1928) and in 1935 established the National Council of Negro Women.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USAbethune.htm (405 words)

	Louise Blanchard Bethune (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A music store in Buffalo designed by Bethune was one of the first structures in the country with a steel frame and poured concrete slabs.
		Bethune was elected to the Western Association of Architects in 1885 and later served a term as vice president.
		In 1892-93 Bethune was invited to compete in the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Columbus's voyage to the New World.
	www.distinguishedwomen.com /biographies/bethunel.html (392 words)

	Bethune Page (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Bethune, like other Communists, understood that the Spanish Civil War was a prelude to a global conflict against fascism.
		Working out of Madrid, Bethune developed the first mobile blood transfusion system, gathering blood from donors in the cities and transporting it to the war front.
		Bethune was both a scientist and an activist.
	bethuneinstitute.org /bethune.html (471 words)

	Bethune panel discovers importance of intangibles
		A committee charged with remaking Bethune Elementary School, closed for a year because of low test scores, took a tour of nearby Lowell Elementary School on Friday.
		Bethune School is a replica of Lowell, the same footprint and buildings, but it looks completely different.
		Bethune was closed for a year after failing, by federal standards, to make adequate yearly progress for three years running.
	www.azcentral.com /arizonarepublic/local/articles/0822phxbethune22.html (386 words)

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