Background
Born in New York, Katharine Scherman Rosin was the daughter of Harry Scherman and Bernardine Kielty Scherman.
Born in New York, Katharine Scherman Rosin was the daughter of Harry Scherman and Bernardine Kielty Scherman.
Swarthmore College.
She had two children, Karen and Susanna. She received a Bachelor of Arts from Swarthmore College in 1938. Her interests include ornithology, mountain climbing, reading and music (she played piano and cello).
After graduating from college, Scherman worked as a secretary for the Sunday Review of Literature in New York City from 1940-1941, while also working as an editor for J. B. Lippincott & Company during the same period.
From 1941 to 1944 she worked at Life as a researcher and writer She authored ten books, the first in 1954 and the last in.