Kate Vixon Wofford

Kate Vixon Wofford (October 20, 1894 – October 31, 1954) was an educator from South Carolina. In 1922, she became the first woman in the state to hold elected office when she was elected superintendent of schools of Laurens County.

Biography Wofford graduated from Winthrop College in 1916 and taught at Laurens High School shortly thereafter. At the onset of World War I, she joined the United States Navy as a yeoman, one of the first women to enlist in the war effort. She continued her education through Columbia University, from which school she received a doctorate, before becoming head professor and director of rural education at the State Teachers College in Buffalo, New York. and held a degree from Cornell University. and wrote numerous other works on the subject. She was an avid golfer and collected antiques, and was listed in Who's Who during her career. Wofford Hall, a women's residence hall constructed in 1967 at her alma mater, is named in her honor, The school also offers a scholarship in her honor. The third floor north of Rawlins Hall, a women's dormitory at the University of Florida opened in 1958, also bears her name; sections of the hall were named after various significant women in Florida history.

Wofford's brother, Thomas, served as a Winthrop trustee from 1945 until 1953.