Education
She attended the Somerville High School (Massachusetts) for high school and later received her undergraduate degree from Wellesley College.
She attended the Somerville High School (Massachusetts) for high school and later received her undergraduate degree from Wellesley College.
In 1889, Bishop was born in New York as Katharine Scott. After taking premedical courses at Radcliffe College, Bishop went on to graduate from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1915. After graduating from medical school, Bishop moved to Berkley to teach histology in the anatomy department at the University of California Medical School until 1923.