Junior, Aditi Srivastava is one of three Pennsylvania high school students who won a college scholarship in an essay contest sponsored by The Pennsylvania Society.
The Pennsylvania Society today announced winners of its 15th Annual Benjamin Franklin Scholar Award. The Award, created in honor of one of our nation’s Founding Fathers, comes with $12,000 in total prize money for the three winners. The writing competition is open to Pennsylvania public high school juniors and received more than 110 submissions. Students submit an original essay of not more than 750 words discussing the modern day relevance of a selected Franklin quote. This year’s quote was, “A great Empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.”
Aditi's 3rd Place winning essay is titled
The Fight for Suffrage, Continued“These three young women inspired our judging panel with their creativity, wisdom and ability to connect our nation’s earliest days to the challenges that continue to confront us nearly 250 years later,” said Julien Scranton, executive director, The Pennsylvania Society. “The Pennsylvania Society brings together Pennsylvanians from all walks of life to honor achievement and recognize greatness. We are delighted to recognize and congratulate these students and their families on this academic achievement, and wish them well as they head into their senior years.”
Aditi will receive $2,000 for her 3rd place finish. All three essays can be found at
www.PASociety.com. About The Pennsylvania Society
The Pennsylvania Society is a non-profit, charitable organization with over two thousand members around the Commonwealth, the United States and the world. It is not affiliated with any particular political party, business or profession. Its purpose is to honor achievement, to reward excellence, to promote good will and understanding and to celebrate service to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and to humanity in general. Thriving and still growing in its third century of existence, the Society is the longest-lived organization of its kind in the country. Learn more at www.PASociety.com.