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
Subjects: McCarty, Oseola -- Juvenile literature; McCarty, Oseola; University of Southern Mississippi -- Benefactors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; African American women -- Mississippi -- Hattiesburg -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Women benefactors -- Mississippi -- Hattiesburg -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Scholarships -- Mississippi -- Hattiesburg -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature; Laundresses -- Mississippi -- Hattiesburg -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Philanthropists; Laundresses; African Americans -- Biography; Women -- Biography; Hattiesburg (Miss.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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).