Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune
Artist
Dr. Virginia Kiah
(American, born Baltimore, MD 1911-died Savannah, GA 2001)
Date1941
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions
43 1/2 x 33 1/2 in. (110.5 x 85.1 cm)
ClassificationPainting
Credit LineGift of Dr. Virginia Kiah
Object number2005.3.1
DescriptionUnveiled at the Department of Labor building in Washington, D.C., on October 28, 1941. This portrait depicts the famed educator and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955). It was unveiled at the first National Council of Negro Women's Conference.
Not on view