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The riches of Oseola McCarty
- Title
- The riches of Oseola McCarty / Evelyn Coleman ; illustrated by Daniel Minter.
- Author
- Coleman, Evelyn, 1948-
- Publication
- Morton Grove, Ill. : Albert Whitman, 1998.
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- Description
- 48 p. : ill.; 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.
- Subjects
- Women benefactors > Mississippi > Hattiesburg > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Laundresses > Mississippi > Hattiesburg > Biography > Juvenile literature
- African American women > Mississippi > Hattiesburg > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Scholarships > Mississippi > Hattiesburg > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature
- Hattiesburg (Miss.) > Biography > Juvenile literature
- McCarty, Oseola > Juvenile literature
- University of Southern Mississippi Benefactors > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 48).
- Call Number
- Sc E 00-948
- ISBN
- 0807569615
- LCCN
- 98011570
- OCLC
- 38909118
- Author
- Coleman, Evelyn, 1948-
- Title
- The riches of Oseola McCarty / Evelyn Coleman ; illustrated by Daniel Minter.
- Imprint
- Morton Grove, Ill. : Albert Whitman, 1998.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 48).
- Added Author
- Minter, Daniel. IllustratorSchomburg Children's Collection.Joyce B. Dinkins Children's Collection.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 00-948