{"id":305,"date":"2025-08-28T14:47:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T14:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/?page_id=305"},"modified":"2025-09-24T19:33:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T19:33:20","slug":"marjory-rodgers-wright-class-of-1932","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/marjory-rodgers-wright-class-of-1932\/","title":{"rendered":"Marjory Rodgers Wright, class of 1932"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/compass.fivecolleges.edu\/islandora\/object\/mtholyoke%3A47856\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents175-770x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Marjory Rodgers Wright, shown in a waist-up shot, wears a black top with her hair tied up and pinned. Llamarada 1932.\" class=\"wp-image-54\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents175-770x1024.jpg 770w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents175-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents175-768x1022.jpg 768w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents175-1155x1536.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents175.jpg 1193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sup><sub>Marjory Rodgers Wright, class of 1932 <\/sub><\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marjory Rodgers Wright was born in Manila, Philippines to American missionary parents. Before enrolling at Mount Holyoke, she attended Manila Central High School, Wooster High School in Ohio, and Wooster College. Her mother, Anna Rodgers Wright, was a Mount Holyoke alumna from the class of 1900 and her cousin, Margaret Robinson, graduated in the class of 1937. Wright majored in astronomy, minored in physics, and graduated with honors in 1932. She was an assistant in the astronomy laboratory at Mount Holyoke. She was a member of the Athletic Association, Cosmopolitan Club, International Relations Club, Community Conference, and Y.W.C.A. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/compass.fivecolleges.edu\/islandora\/object\/mtholyoke%3A47856\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"631\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents178-1024x631.jpg\" alt=\"Group picture of the Cosmopolitan Club. Marjory Rodgers Wright stands fifth from the left in the first row, wearing traditional clothing. Llamarada 1932.\" class=\"wp-image-56\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents178-1024x631.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents178-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents178-768x473.jpg 768w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents178-1536x946.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1005\/2025\/08\/InternationalStudents178.jpg 1976w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sup><sub>Cosmopolitan Club, Llamarada 1932<\/sub><\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wright received her master\u2019s degree from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1933 and served as a research assistant to Dr. Nicholas Theodore Bobrovnikoff, an assistant professor of astrophysics at Ohio Wesleyan University, during the summer of 1933. That same year, she worked at Mount Holyoke as an assistant in astronomy and stayed until 1935. She then was the head of the science department of St. Agnes School in Albany, New York, 1935-1938. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After Albany, she taught science in several schools in Boston, Massachusetts until 1947, at which time she became a homemaker. She published a book on the history of the First Parish United Church in Westwood, entitled \u201cThe Meeting House on a Rock.\u201d The local paper described it as a book containing \u201cearly town history.\u201d Marjory is listed in <em>Who\u2019s Who of American Women<\/em> and the <em>Dictionary of International Biography<\/em> for her academic work and public service.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marjory Rodgers Wright was born in Manila, Philippines to American missionary parents. Before enrolling at Mount Holyoke, she attended Manila Central High School, Wooster High School in Ohio, and Wooster College. 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