professor, educator, b. Shullsburg. She married Judson E. Hoyt in 1880. After graduating from the Univ. of Wisconsin (B.A., 1909; M.A., 1910), she was assistant in education to Prof. M. V. O'Shea at the Univ. of Wisconsin (1910-1914). In 1914 she joined the staff of the university extension division where she taught until 1933, retiring with the rank of emeritus assistant professor. Mrs. Hoyt was instrumental in implementing the early correspondence courses in education for the extension division, was a pioneer in the state P.T.A. movement, and during World War I served as Wisconsin chairman of child welfare for the Children's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor. She was also active in adult education and was one of the leaders in the campaign to wipe out illiteracy in Wisconsin. After retiring in 1933 she lived with her daughter in Memphis, Tenn., until her death. Madison Wis. State Journal, Mar. 18, 1951; Univ. of Wis. Faculty Memorial, Document 997, May 7, 1951 (on file in office of secretary of the faculty).Learn More
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