When we found out that I was [rejected from Bryn Mawr], the principal and the faculty at Philadelphia High School for Girls got a very interesting phone call from a woman, a Bryn Mawr graduate who was on the board of trustees. I did not know her name, I did not want to know it, I do not know it to this day. She said the following, “We understand there is a scholarship at the school for a student to go to Bryn Mawr, and we know that a Ms. Piwosky was rejected for admission, but we know that there is another student in that class. Her name is Caroline Taggart [Pennypacker] ...” who happened to be a good friend of mine, “... who's also applying, and we would like to have that scholarship go to Ms. Taggert.” The principal met with the faculty at the Philadelphia High School for Girls and they said, "No way. Something's not right here. These two facts are connected.” They said, “No, we're holding this scholarship for Ms. Piwosky. The rumor, the suggestion, from my high school principal and the head of the faculty was that the reason that I was turned down was because I was Jewish. It was clear to them that turning me down had to do with bringing this other young, Christian girl in.

-Joan Wohl