2024 is the Centennial of my mother’s birth. What a great moment to review her remarkable achievements.

Phyllis Stewart was born on August 14, 1924, in Saint Louis, Missouri. Her father was an engineer and her mother was a librarian with a master’s degree. Education was very important in the Stewart household. Phyllis was valedictorian of her high school class. The family had no money for college, so while Phyllis was in school, she worked a full-time (which was then 48 hours per week) job to pay for her education.