Oseola McCarty spent her life washing and ironing other people’s clothes in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. In 1995 she gave $150,000, most of her life savings, to the University of Southern Mississippi to help students who needed scholarships. People all over the country were so moved that gifts poured in to add to it. She hoped the scholarship would one day reach a million dollars, and in 2025 the university announced it had. A washerwoman’s quiet faithfulness is still sending kids to college.
