The riches of Oseola McCarty
By: Evelyn Coleman ; illustrated by Daniel Minter
Contributors: Minter, Daniel, ill
Publisher: Albert Whitman
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Morton Grove, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780807569610
Subjects: Philanthropists; History; Scholarships; University of Southern Mississippi; Juvenile literature; Women benefactors; Laundresses; African American women; Benefactors; African Americans; Biography; Women
Description: A brief biography of Oseola McCarty, a hard-working washer woman who, without a formal education herself, donated a portion of her life savings to the University of Southern Mississippi to endow a scholarship fund for needy students.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 48).