Applications now open for Sue Shelton White Scholarship

JACKSON, Tenn. — Madison Area Democratic Women is accepting applications for its $2,500 scholarship.

📸: (2024) The Madison Area Democratic Women awards its 4th annual Sue Shelton White Scholarship to Chelsey Carpenter of Jackson.

The Sue Shelton White Scholarship is open to non-traditional women students residing in Madison and neighboring counties.

The scholarship is designed to assist women who want to complete their education while also managing the demands of work and family.

It is named is in honor of the West Tennessee suffragist and lawyer who played a pivotal role in winning the equal right to vote for women.

Scholarship applicants will be asked to write an essay on the topic: “Describe a person whose life of service has influenced you. How has that person inspired you to model that service in your own life?”

Applications will be accepted through March 1.

“So we founded this scholarship to be award to non-traditional women students, because we see a lot of women out there, in our community, who, after taking a break after high school, to raise families, for whatever reason do not go to college directly after high school or never completed their college education and are now, later in life, deciding to go back to college,” said Debbie Swacker, Scholarship Committee Chair.

The scholarship winner will be announced in March in celebration of Women’s History Month. Click here for more information or to apply.

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