For many years Mona had made it a practice to enroll in occasional college - level courses .
It was in the mid 1960s that she completed both a bachelor 's and a master 's degree from Queens College .
Although for many years Mona had made it a practice to enroll in occasional college - level courses , it was in the mid 1960s that she completed both a bachelor 's and a master 's degree from Queens College .