the American Home Economics Association in recognition of her service to the field. Personal life and death Woolman's husband died in 1906 after a long illness. Woolman continued working into her seventies until an automobile accident, which caused permanent impairments. Woolman died a few years later on August 1, 1940, in Newton Highlands, Massachusetts, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in her birthplace of Camden, New Jersey. Selected works Books Journal articles References 1860 births 1940 deaths Writers from Camden, New Jersey People from Newton, Massachusetts Simmons University faculty Radcliffe College alumni Teachers College, Columbia University alumni Teachers College, Columbia University faculty Home economists Educators from New Jersey Educators from Massachusetts 19th-century American educators 20th-century American educators 19th-century American women educators 20th-century American women educators American women academics