Though admitted to graduate standing at Johns Hopkins University in 1928, she was forced to remain at the Pennsylvania College for Women for her senior year due to financial difficulties; she graduated magna cum laude in 1929.
1928'de Johns Hopkins Üniversitesinde mezun olmayı kabul etse de maddi zorluklar nedeniyle Pennsylvania Women for Women'da kalmaya zorlandı; 1929'da magna cum laude'yi bitirdi.