Woodward, Dorothy, 1895-1961

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Dorothy Woodward, historian and educator, was born in Clearfield, Pennsylvania in 1895. After receiving her Ph.D. from Yale in 1935, she joined the faculty at the University of New Mexico where she taught Latin American history. She served in the Woman's Army Corps. from 1944-45 and in the New Mexico Civil Air Patrol. She retired from UNM in 1956 and was appointed to the UNM Board of Regents in 1957. She resigned in May 1960. She died the following year on April 4 in Denver, Colorado.
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referencedIn Women in New Mexico Collection University of New Mexico-Main Campus
creatorOf Dorothy Woodward Memorial Penitente Collection, New Mexico State Records Center and Archives
referencedIn Marie Pope Wallis Papers The University of New Mexico, University Libraries, Center for SouthwestResearch
creatorOf Dorothy Woodward Collection of printed materials on Southwestern artists Archives of American Art
creatorOf Dorothy Woodward Photograph Collection The University of New Mexico, University Libraries, Center for SouthwestResearch
creatorOf Dorothy Woodward Papers The University of New Mexico, University Libraries, Center for SouthwestResearch
creatorOf Dorothy Woodward Papers The University of New Mexico, University Libraries, Center for SouthwestResearch
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Birth 1895-05-01

Death 1961-04-04

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