 In 1914, Hodgkin's mother left Hodgkin (age 4) and her two younger sisters Joan (age 2) and Elisabeth (age 7 months) with their Crowfoot grandparents near Worthing, and returned to her husband in Egypt.Hodgkin's parents then moved south to Sudan where, until 1926, her father was in charge of education and archaeology.Her mother's four brothers were killed in World War I and as a result she became an ardent supporter of the new League of Nations.