Agnes Scott College gets $2.1 million

An Agnes Scott College alumna who was one of the first women to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court left the the college $2.1 million to support the Agnes Advantage Award program, which provides students with $3,000 awards to help them afford internships, study abroad programs and research projects. The donation was a gift from the estate of Patricia Butler, who died in 2009 at age 101.

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