Bethune opened up Daytona Beach Literary and Industrial School for Training Negro Girls. This school later become a college and merged with the all-male Cookman Institute which then became Bethune Cookman college in 1929. Mary Bethune created the National Congress of Negro Women (NCNW) in 1935. She felt that a unified group of African American women could effectively lead to the end of segregation and discrimination. The New York Histroical Society has poster that states “Strong Women scare boys and Excite Men”. This relates to Bethune because of her thoughts to unite woman. In 1938, there was a meeting in the White House with the NCNW addressing the problems of black women and children. NCNW officials were able to persuade government officials to allow African Americans to hold higher positions in the government. The NCNW became a member of the U.S. War Department’s Bureau of Public Relations. These women worked in the Women’s Interest Section. They campaigned for African Americans to serve in the U.S. Army. Their nonstop efforts paid off and The Women’s Army Corps (WAC) began allowing African American women to serve.Through her close ties with Eleanor Roosevelt, Bethune became the leader of the National Youth Administration division of Negro Affairs. Bethune was able to create an organization that taught skills to thousands of black youth skills that were soon useful in World War ||. She also made sure black colleges participated in civilian pilot training courses. Through the NYA, Bethune established the Federal Council of Negro Affairs. This was later called the Black cabinet and it was an advisory board to the Roosevelt administration. Being director of the Black cabinet and having close relations with Eleanor Roosevelt Bethune was able to influence many government policies in the 1930’s.