The Elizabeth S. Peters Scholarship for the Advancement of Women Fund is a first-of-its-kind scholarship to help women launch a career in accounting while also having the potential to help bring women back into the community. “One of my mom’s wishes was to have a scholarship set up in her name that would help other women get ahead in accounting,” Peters stated. “The idea has since evolved to having an impact on women throughout Marathon County going into the Wisconsin college system.”

A local native, Elizabeth attended Wausau High, where she graduated valedictorian of her class, and graduated with honors from the University of Wisconsin Madison in 1949. She returned to Wausau, where she became the second recipient of the Athena Award, and was the first woman appointed to the Accounting Examining Board by then Governor Patrick Lucey.

“We wanted this scholarship to be a little bit different in that it could help a young woman who otherwise may not be able to attend school and make a big impact on her life,” Peters said. “We are hoping that’s what this scholarship does. She wanted to connect women with our community and have them follow in her footsteps.”