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Oseola McCarty
LATE ONE SUNDAY AFTERNOON in September 1999,Oseola McCarty,an elderly cleaning lady passed away in the little wooden frame house where she had lived and worked most of her life. It may seem like an ordinary end to a humble life,but there was something quite exceptional about this woman. 1
In the summer of 1995 ,McCarty gave $ 150,000,most of the money she had saved throughout her life,to the University of Southern Mississippi in her hometown. The money was to help other African Americans through university. She had started her savings habit as a young child when she would return from school to clean and iron for money which she would then save.
She led a simple,frugal existence,never spending on anything but her most basic needs. 2 Her bank also advised her on investing her hard-earned savings.
When she retired,she decided that she wanted to use the money to give children of limited
Means the opportunity to go to university. 3 She had wanted to e a nurse,but had to leave school to look after ill relatives and work. When asked why she had given her life savings away,she replied,“I’m giving it away so that children won't have to work so hard,like I did. ” After news of her donation hit the media,over 600 donations were made to the scholarship fund. One was given by media executive,Ted Turner,who reputedly gave a billion dollars.