(BOISE, Idaho) A college student who took action after a professor at her school stated that women should not be recruited into fields like engineering, medi
Ally Orr(BOISE, Idaho) A college student who took action after a professor at her school stated that women should not be recruited into fields like engineering, medicine and law has now raised over $70,000 for a scholarship for women studying those fields. The Women in STEM, Medicine and Law Scholarship at Boise State University will provide scholarship money annually to one female student starting this fall, according to Ally Orr, the Boise State senior who started the scholarship. "I never want a girl to look online and say, 'Oh look, a professor who teaches in higher education says I should stay out of STEM, medicine and law," Orr told Good Morning America. "They should see the scholarship and see that 500-plus donors said, 'No, I will fund you if you want to go into these areas of study.'" Orr, 20, a marketing major, said she started the scholarship shortly after listening to a speech Scott Yenor, a professor of political philosophy at Boise Sta