US Rhodes Scholar Class Includes More Women Than Ever, Including 2 From Maryland

BOSTON (AP) — The latest crop of American Rhodes scholars has more women than any other single class.
The Rhodes Trust announced Sunday the 32 students selected to start classes next fall include 21 women, and that almost half of this year’s recipients of the prestigious scholarship to Oxford University in England are either immigrants or first-generation Americans.
Two of the women are from Maryland — Lia Petrose of Laurel who will be at Yale University and Katharine