Answer:
Mary McLeod Bethune is a major figure in American history.
Step-by-step explanation:
Verbs are words that convey actions, occurrences, or states of being. They describe what the subject of the sentence is doing, which makes them the predicate (or the simple predicate).
The verb in the given sentence is is. It's the third-person singular of the verb to be in the present tense (he is/she is/it is...). Its function is to connect the subject (Mary McLeod Bethune) to the part of the sentence that describes it (a major figure in American history).