However, there are acouple of things to remember. When the plumb (heel)cut and level (seat) cut lines are laid out for abirdâs-mouth on a hip rafter, set the body of the squareat 17 inches and the tongue to the unit of rise (forexample, 8 inches-depending on the roof pitch)(fig. 2-34, view A).
Mary McLeod Bethune. Mary McLeod Bethune was motivated by her experiences and hardships growing up, and by her religion, Christianity. Growing up in the South, one of a very large family during the reconstruction era, Mary experienced racism and unfairness based on the color of her skin. Her family was given no advantage in the southern white culture, and very little land to live on.
She founded the National Council of Negro Women in 1935. Bethune died in 1955. Early Life. Born Mary Jane Mcleod on July 10, 1875, in Mayesville, South Carolina, Mary Mcleod Bethune was a leading educator and civil rights activist. She grew up in poverty, as one of 17 children born to former slaves. Everyone in the family worked, and many toiled in the fields, picking cotton.