Mary McLeod Bethune Service Award

This award was established in tribute to Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune because of her dynamic leadership and her years of contributing to education, women’s history, and African-American life and culture. Dr. Bethune served as the first woman president of ASALH from 1936 to 1951 and is one of the most outstanding women role models in our history. The award recipient must be a member of ASALH  who has been an active supporter and contributor to ASALH’s work for ten or more years. The individual’s significant contribution must have been in at least some of the following areas: Branch work; service on the Executive Council; fundraising; work on the Black  History Month Theme Material; education; and the Woodson House Campaign. Finally, the recipient will be one whose career has been highlighted with service to education, African  American history, and the community. All these attributes symbolize the life of Dr. Bethune. The award is presented annually.