"During 1976-79 I was a full-time student and single parent. In 1978 two other women and I formed a club for returning students and were given a budget for it from the University. In 1979, we were awarded the Alice Paul Award by the Women's Faculty Club for contributing to women at the University. While I was attending Penn, I used the Women's Legal Studies Services to obtain additional financial aid (because the Financial Aid Office counted my child support as resources available for my education) and thanks to their excellent legal research, I succeeded in getting an additional loan for my schooling. One of my best memories took place the day I received the Alice Paul Award and saw my then eight year-old daughter in the audience! She later confessed that she'd hidden behind a bush when the school bus came so she could come to the ceremony. She said she wanted to see me happy. It was really wonderful."
-- Margaret Childs MacDonald, W'79
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