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The Mary McLeod Bethune Council House in Washington, D.C., preserves the home where educator and civil rights leader Mary McLeod Bethune lived after buying it in 1943 and where the National Council of Negro Women, which she founded, kept offices on the lower floors. The townhouse and carriage house remained closely tied to Bethune’s life, work, and original furnishings, and the property became an important center of African American women’s leadership and historical preservation. After her death, the council retained it as headquarters. Restoration, historic designation, and National Park Service acquisition secured its future as a national historic site dedicated to Bethune and Black women’s activism.
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Washington, District of Columbia · United States
