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 小題1: . But everyone in her town knew that she was not r 小題2:
Oseola McCarty was born in 1908. She had to leave school when she was eight to support her family by w 小題3: other people's clothes. She made only a few dollars a day. Oseola washed the clothes by hand. Then she h 小題4: the clothes to dry. She did this for nearly 80 years. In the 1960s , when many people began to buy their own washers(洗衣機) and dryers（烘干機）, McCarty didn’t have much work to do, so she started to iron clothes i 小題5: .
McCarty n 小題6: married or had children. Her life was simple. She went to work and to church. She had a black-and-white television, b 小題7: she didn’t watch it very often. It only had one channel. Oseola McCarty s小題8: 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 小題9: to help somebody. And what I can do I will do. I wish I could do more." This quiet exceptional cleaning lady has t 小題10: the world a lesson in giving.
