Alumnae in Political Activism

"I hope that the undergraduates assembled here today and their sisters of tomorrow may find in the life of Hannah Patterson, the stimulus and inspiration that will drive them on to higher deeds, to noble achievements. Hers is a name that must not wither. Youth must ever see in Hannah Patterson, the pioneer, feminist, leader, who pointed the way and blazed for them the trail."

-Sarah Soffel, Pennsylvania's first female judge