Mary McLeod Bethune Council House (National Counci - View this location on map From 1943 to 1955, this was the last residence of the noted educator, presidential advisor, and civil rights advocate (1875-1955), one of America's most influential African-American leaders in the 1920s-40s; founded the predecessor to Bethune-Cookman College; founded the National Council of Negro Women in 1935, and served as its president until 1949; served as president of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History from 1936-51; headed the Office of Negro Affairs in the National Youth Administration (first African-American woman to head a Federal government office); became Special Advisor for Minority Affairs to Franklin Roosevelt, and the most influential member of his 'Black Cabinet;' built c. 1885; became NCNW Council House in 1955. 1318 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington , DC Historical

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