and pat mcguire. >> for the record we asked sweet briar to join the conversation but they would not accept the opportunity. i don't want to put you in the position of speaking for all women but why was a higher education for women attractive to you? >> i grew up in pennsylvania. i'm from the northeast. when i was in high school all my friends were looking at small liberal arts schools that were coed and they were private and i wasn't looking in the south and certainly not for single sex education or institution but i discovered sweet briar when i was visiting a relative in virginia and upon my visit i discovered a glorious campus a treasure. it's 2,500 acres. it's a gem. and the students were warm and friendly and kind and after i received an acceptance letter i had a fantastic scholarship follow that and it sealed the deal for me. i wouldn't be who i am today if i had not gone to an all women's college. >> and in the course of those four years, did that sense that i belong here, i can do this only deepen or where there times when you're snowed in with all the gals in the dorm and you thin