In 1995, Oseola McCarty donated $ 150, 000 --most of the money she made in her lifetime--to the University of Southern Mississippi. She just wanted to help poor students. Her friends and neighbours were surprised at the news. McCarty was a good woman and was always friendly and h  . But everyone in her town knew that she was not r
Oseola McCarty was born in 1908. She had to leave school when she was eight to support her family by w  other people's clothes. She made only a few dollars a day. Oseola washed the clothes by hand. Then she h  the clothes to dry. She did this for nearly 80 years. In the 1960s , when many people began to buy their own washers(洗衣机) and dryers（烘干机）, McCarty didn’t have much work to do, so she started to iron clothes i  .
McCarty n married or had children. Her life was simple. She went to work and to church. She had a black-and-white television, b  she didn’t watch it very often. It only had one channel. Oseola McCarty s money all her life and finally had about $ 250, 000.
In an interview with the University of Southern Mississippi News, McCarty said, "I can't do everything, but I can do s  to help somebody. And what I can do I will do. I wish I could do more." This quiet exceptional cleaning lady has t    the world a lesson in giving.