Education
Vassar College.
Vassar College.
She is the mother of Katharine Blodgett Hadley (Venture capital "20), who was also a Vassar trustee (1942-1954), and was chairman of the Board (1945-1952). Her husband, John West. Blodgett, built their estate, which they named Brookby, where they made their Grand Rapids home. After Ellen Swallow Richards" death in 1911, Julia Lathrop (1858–1932), another of Vassar"s most distinguished alumnae, continued to promote the development of an interdisciplinary program in euthenics at the college.
Curriculum planning, suggested by Vassar President Henry Noble MacCracken in 1922, began in earnest by 1923.
In 1925, through a gift of $550,000.00 from Mistress Blodgett, the Institute of Euthenics was founded at Vassar.
Its aim was "to supply scientific knowledge of the complex problems of adjustment between individuals and the environment, emphasizing home and family." Vassar historian Colton Johnson noted "The Blodgetts" gift was the largest gift given to the College after Matthew Vassar donated $408,000 in 1861 to get the College started. Their intention was to bring into the curriculum of the College a course of study specifically designed around the ideas of Ellen Swallow Richards." Mistress
John Wood Blodgett died suddenly of heart disease on October 13, 1931 in her suite in The Saint Regis Hotel, New York, New New York She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mistress
Alexander G. Cunnock of Lowell, Massachusetts She was also president of the Doctorate.A. Blodgett Home for Children, and sat on the board of trustees at Vassar College. include: According to the Finding aid for Blodgett Family papers, 1872-1953 abstract at Bentley Historical Library within the University of Michigan Digital Library, the archive contains:.
According to her obituary in the New York Times, she was a director of the Child Study Association, the National Organization for Public Health Nursing, and was a member of the National Committee on Mental Hygiene.