Unlikely Friendship of Mary Bethune and Eleanor Roosevelt
November 2 @ 3:00 pm – 5:15 pm
Racial Equity Buddies is sponsoring “The Unlikely Friendship of Mary McLeod Bethune & Eleanor Roosevelt, A Dramatic Performance,” 3 -5:15 PM, November 8 at the Community Church of Chesterland, located at 11984 Caves Rd, Chesterland, OH 44026.
The play features talented Women In History actors, Ruth Pangrace as Eleanor Roosevelt and Jeannine Gaskin as Mary McLeod Bethune. RSVP to racialequitybuddies@fhcpresb.org to reserve a seat.
Bethune and Roosevelt’s backgrounds were drastically different, which makes their friendship all the more interesting and remarkable. Mary McCleod Bethune was born in 1875 in Maysville, South Carolina, the 15th of 17 children to formerly enslaved parents; while Eleanor Roosevelt was born in 1884 in NYC into American aristocracy, the niece of former president Theodore Roosevelt. Yet, their paths crossed in 1927, and an unlikely friendship ensued.