Caroline Salome Woodruff (July 15, 1866 – July 13, 1949) was an American educator and poet from Vermont. She was president of the National Education Association from 1937 to 1940.
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![]() Caroline S. Woodruff, from a 1937 publication of the US Department of the Interior | |
Born | July 15, 1866 West Burke, Vermont |
Died | July 13, 1949 (aged 72) Castleton, Vermont |
Occupation(s) | Educator, college president |
Relatives | Charles Woodruff (uncle) |
She was principal of the Castleton Teachers' College from 1921 to 1940.
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Early life and education
editWoodruff was born in West Burke, Vermont, the daughter of George Washington Woodruff and Octavia Darshula Bemis Woodruff. Her uncle was Charles Woodruff, a noted general in the United States Army. She graduated St. Johnsbury Academy in 1884,[1] and from Johnson Normal School in 1918.[2] In 1925, she received an honorary master's degree in education at Middlebury College. In 1933 she received an honorary doctorate in education at Norwich University; it was the first honorary doctorate bestowed on a woman at that military institution.[3]
Career
editWoodruff taught as a young woman, and was principal of Castleton Teachers' College from 1921 to 1940,[2][4] including during the 1924 fire that burned the school's main building.[5] She was co-principal of the Green Mountain School for Girls,[1] and from 1937 to 1938 served as president of the National Education Association.[6][7] She was the first woman to serve as president of the Vermont State Teachers Association,[8] and was president of the New England Teacher Training Association.[9] She retired in 1940.[10][11]
Woodruff published a book of poetry, My Trust and Other Verse (1925).[12] She also wrote articles for professional journals, including the Journal of Education.[13][14]
Personal life
editWoodruff died in 1949, aged 82 years, in Castleton, Vermont.[1][15] Woodruff Hall, a main building at Castleton University, is named for her.[16] Castleton University also presents a Caroline Woodruff Award as "the highest honor that a student leader can achieve".[17]
References
edit- ^ a b c Ryan, Christopher E. (November 12, 2016). "Honoring A St. J. Leader Past: Dr. Caroline S. Woodruff - Christopher Ryan". Caledonian Record. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- ^ a b "Dr. Woodruff Will Retire". Rutland Daily Herald. 1940-02-15. p. 5. Retrieved 2022-03-02 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Norwich Confers Honorary Degree on Miss Woodruff". Rutland Daily Herald. 1933-06-20. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-03-02 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Castleton Seniors Hear Talk on Life". Rutland Daily Herald. 1933-06-12. p. 3. Retrieved 2022-03-02 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Normal School Building Burns". The Caledonian-Record. 1924-01-03. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-03-02 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Heads US Teachers; Woman President of NEA". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1937-07-02. p. 16. Retrieved 2022-03-02 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Quoting from Detroit". School Life. 23: 9. September 1937.
- ^ "Call of the School". St. Johnsbury Republican. 1915-11-03. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-03-02 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "News and Personals: Miss Woodruff Heads N. E. A." The Journal of Business Education. 13 (2): 30–32. 1937-10-01. doi:10.1080/00219444.1937.10771837. ISSN 0021-9444.
- ^ "Dr. Woodruff retires". Rutland Daily Herald. 1940-02-16. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-03-02 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Head of Castleton Normal to Retire". The Manchester Journal. 1940-02-22. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-03-02 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Rugg, Harold G. (June 1929). "Vermontiana". Bulletin of the Free Public Library Department of the State of Vermont. 25: 5.
- ^ Woodruff, Caroline S. (August 1916). "The call of the School". Journal of Education. 84 (7): 173–175. doi:10.1177/002205741608400701. ISSN 0022-0574. S2CID 189733940.
- ^ Woodruff, Caroline S. (June 1929). "Schools Demand Personality". Journal of Education. 109 (23): 642–646. doi:10.1177/002205742910902310. ISSN 0022-0574. S2CID 149610316.
- ^ "Tribute Paid Memory of Dr. Caroline S. Woodruff". The Caledonian-Record. 1949-09-24. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-03-02 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Castleton University". Castleton University. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- ^ "Celebrating Spartan Pride". Castleton University. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
External links
edit- Cora Wilson Stewart, "Director of the Castleton, Vermont Normal School Caroline Woodruff with Mamie and Grace Barber", an undated photograph in the collection of the University of Kentucky Libraries