AKRON, Ohio (AP) - A 93-year-old Ohio woman has received the high school diploma she was denied because of rules that expelled married students.
Dorothy Liggett was a few weeks from graduation from Akron's North High School in 1942 when officials discovered she was married.
The Akron Beacon Journal reports that Akron Superintendent David James hand-delivered the diploma to Liggett in suburban Fairlawn on Wednesday as part of a surprise ceremony.
Liggett's daughter Janice Larkin had written James about her mother. James said it was wrong that Liggett was denied the diploma after being a good student all her years in school.