![Educator Mary McLeod Bethune in 1942 — likely in the offices of the Chicago Defender, where she wrote a weekly public affairs column for the newspaper.](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_728,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F935bfb3f-de10-4608-93e4-52ff9f23d282_6935x5386.jpeg)
For Mary McLeod Bethune to be taken seriously in the early 20th century, she had to learn to speak like Eleanor Roosevelt. John explains.
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