Guest guest Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 I received this from a friend of mine.. Kind Regards, Pat Austin, TX The truth of how Mrs. Stanford formed and grew the university is much more interesting than this falsehood. Stanford was the FIRST and ONLY major university to accept women - about as many females attended Stanford as males - right from the beginning. Worse than that, she scandalously allowed Chinese women into the university (one Chinese female MD Stanford graduate was murdered by the communists Chinese after she returned to china to help her people). My mother's oldest sister attended Stanford in the 30's mainly because of the great job she had done in a contest to sew the best apron! Then, after receiving her PhD from Cornell, went on to become a US ambassador to both Thailand (in the 50's) and Ghana in the 60's. The Stanfords threw nearly all of their financial resources into growing the university. However, when Mr. Stanford died the estate was sued and Mrs. Stanford spend decades fighting that lawsuit (from the government itself) and tried desperately to keep funding to the University. She was getting sicker and sicker by the year yet she sacrificed her health and fortune to keep the university open - it nearly had to shut its doors several times - Mrs. Stanford always seemed to be able to dig deeper into her reserves of goodness. Gosh, one would almost think that I admired them. **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 That is quite interesting, thanks for posting it. Kirk > > > I received this from a friend of mine.. > > Kind Regards, > Pat > Austin, TX > The truth of how Mrs. Stanford formed and grew the university is much more > > interesting than this falsehood. > Stanford was the FIRST and ONLY major university to accept women - about > as > many females attended Stanford as males - right from the beginning. Worse > than that, she scandalously allowed Chinese women into the university (one > > Chinese female MD Stanford graduate was murdered by the communists Chinese > after > she returned to china to help her people). My mother's oldest sister > attended Stanford in the 30's mainly because of the great job she had done > in a > contest to sew the best apron! Then, after receiving her PhD from Cornell, > went > on to become a US ambassador to both Thailand (in the 50's) and Ghana in > the > 60's. > The Stanfords threw nearly all of their financial resources into growing > the > university. However, when Mr. Stanford died the estate was sued and Mrs. > Stanford spend decades fighting that lawsuit (from the government itself) > and > tried desperately to keep funding to the University. She was getting > sicker > and sicker by the year yet she sacrificed her health and fortune to keep > the > university open - it nearly had to shut its doors several times - Mrs. > Stanford always seemed to be able to dig deeper into her reserves of > goodness. > Gosh, one would almost think that I admired them. > > **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. > http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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