Hilda Wood (1894? - 14 December 1968) was an author, artist, theosophist, also known as the wife of Sanskrit scholae and a theosophical author [[Ernest Wood]].
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== Life==
Hilda Wood was born in Manchester, England, and remaind a British Subject through her entire life. <ref> “Founder Of Montessori School Dies,” The Houston Post, Sun, Dec 15, 1968: 9.</ref> <ref> “Rites Monday for Mrs. Wood,” The Houston Chronicle, Sun, Dec 15, 1968: sec.3, page 7</ref>
She married Ernest Wood in 1916.
== Publications ==
In India, they worked with the "untouchables."<ref> “Founder Of Montessori School Dies,” The Houston Post, Sun, Dec 15, 1968: 9.</ref> In 1939 to 1948, Hilda along with her husband Ernest assisted [[Maria Montessori]] in founding her schools in India.<ref>Ernest Wood, in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Wood#Later_life Wikipedia].</ref>
=== Periodicals ===
In the meantime they both toured various countries around the globe with the goal of disseminating theosophy. They visited Chile in 1923<ref>C.R.L. Chile, Theosophy In, available at [https://theosophy.world/encyclopedia/chile-theosophy Theosophy.World]</ref>
=== Pamphlets ===
Selected titles:
In the 1950s, after spending 38 years in India, they moved to the US. And in 1959, after Ernest retired as president and dean of the American Academy of Asian Studies at the College of the Pacific in San Francisco, they moved to Houston, Texas, which became their home for the rest of their lives. In Houston, Hilda and Ernest became active at the Unitarian Fellowship of Houston. "Hilda focused on developing a Fellowship library and began talking about establishing a Montessori school – Ernest was frequently asked to deliver inspirational talks."<ref>Ernest Wood, in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Wood#Later_life Wikipedia].</ref>
They introduced Montessori principles to the Fellowship community, obtained necessary materials from India and England, and as the result, a Montessori school was opened in the Fall of 1962 on the Fellowship's grounds, with Ernest as the president of the Board of Trustees. They both were involved with the school until their last days and, as a sign of respect, the school was named after them as "the School of the Woods."<ref>A Brief History of School of the Woods (Established 1962), [https://schoolofthewoods.org/about/ School of the Woods website] (accessed 01/18/2026).</ref> The cottage they occupied in the last years of their lives no serves as the school development office.
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Hilda died of cancer on December 14, 1968, three years after her husband, leaving her body to Baylor College of Medicine.<ref> “Founder Of Montessori School Dies,” The Houston Post, Sun, Dec 15, 1968: 9.</ref> <ref> “Rites Monday for Mrs. Wood,” The Houston Chronicle, Sun, Dec 15, 1968: sec.3, page 7</ref>
== Work ==
Hilda assisted her husband researching most of his 35 books.<ref> “Rites Monday for Mrs. Wood,” The Houston Chronicle, Sun, Dec 15, 1968: sec.3, page 7</ref>
''>>>>>>>>>Her only living relative is a cousin in Canada. No children''
>>>>>>>>>>>>Her only living relative is a cousin in Canada.
For the past 16 months, Mrs Wood lived with Mr and Mrs Lloyd Snow at 12727 Memorial Drive.
== Writings ==
=== Books ===
* '''''The Three Heroes of Finland and other stories.''''' Manchester, Bethel & Co., [1926]. ''"With 50 drawings by the author"''
* '''''Ivory Gates and Golden ''''' Manchester, Bethel & Co., [1926]. ''"With 50 drawings by the author"''
=== Articles ===
* "The Indian Boy Scouts," The Messenger 9.8 (January, 1922), 191-192
* "Village Work Near Adyar," Fifty-Eighth Annual General Report of the Theosophical Society, Adyar, India, 1934: 155-156. Available at [https://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Series/Annual%20General%20Reports/General_Report_1933.pdf Theosophical.org]
* Editor's note in Wood, Ernest E. (1967), "The Pinnacle of Indian Thought", p.161.
== Notes ==
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