Woodworth, Elizabeth

Mary Katharine Woodworth (1900-1988) was a graduate of Philadelphia's Girls High and Bryn Mawr College. She taught English at Bryn Mawr from 1935 to 1964. She was an enthusiast of the arts, and during her life she made numerous trips to Europe.

Her mother, Elizabeth Katharine Woodworth was an Ohio native while her father, Loyal E. Woodworth, was from Oregon. Her father died in 1905. Shortly afterwards, her mother brought her and her younger sister Allegra to live in Philadelphia. Both girls attended Philadelphia's Girls High School. Woodworth graduated in 1920 – a year before her sister. They both went on to Bryn Mawr College. Woodworth graduated 1924 with a Greek and English major and a minor in archeology.

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