The James Logan Courier

By Tovin Lapan
Santa Cruz Sentinel (MCT)

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — In 2009, Ashley Sorci graduated from her suburban Sacramento high school with a 4.25 grade-point average and was about to become the first person in her family to go to college.

She got into Humboldt State, the University of California, Davis, and UC Santa Cruz. She chose UC Santa Cruz because she loved the city and campus, and was considering a major in the one-of-a-kind community studies program.

The only problem was that her family, which owned a small business and was heavily invested in real estate, was on the brink of insolvency and could not help her.

From wikipedia:
Martha Carey Thomas (January 2, 1857-December 2, 1935) was an American educator, suffragist, and second President of Bryn Mawr College.

Early life
Carey Thomas, as she preferred to be called, was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She was the daughter of James Carey Thomas and Mary Whitall Thomas. Her family included many prominent Quakers, including her uncle and aunt Robert Pearsall Smith and Hannah Whitall Smith, and her cousins Alys Pearsall Smith (first wife of Bertrand Russell) and Mary Smith Berenson Costelloe (who married Bernard Berenson).

Learn more about Martha Carey Thomas, free from Bryn Mawr College.