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The riches of Oseola McCarty
Title:
The riches of Oseola McCarty
Author:
Coleman, Evelyn, 1948-
Personal Author:
Coleman, Evelyn, 1948-
Publication Information:
Morton Gorve, Ill. : Albert Whitman, [1998]

©1998
Physical Description:
48 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary:
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.
Language:
English
Reading Level:
890 Lexile.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 5.5 1.0 34808.

Reading Counts RC 3-5 5.4 3 Quiz: 19850.
Personal Subject:
McCarty, Oseola-Juvenile literature.

McCarty, Oseola.-Juvenile literature.
Corporate Subject:
University of Southern Mississippi -- Benefactors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Subject Term:
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. -- Juvenile literature.

Laundresses. -- Juvenile literature.

African Americans -- Biography. -- Juvenile literature.

Women -- Biography. -- Juvenile literature.
Geographic Term:
Hattiesburg (Miss.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Added Author:
Minter, Daniel,
ISBN:
9780807569610
Format :
Book

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