Yup. She wants to help her people and the most effective way of doing it is by educating the kids.

Giving books to children is a super effective way to spend the money. They can educate themselves out of the hole.

It's actually really subversive. Smart lady. She plays the game quite well. She can't take an open liberal stance as she would be marginalized, but educating children is difficult to attack.

I have no doubt that she's a closeted liberal in the south. It's often how you have to be to survive.