[1] In 1944, while she was an assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural Bacteriology at the University of Wisconsin,[2][3] Janet McCarter was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for her work in immunology, especially as applied to tuberculosis.
[4][5] That year, more women were awarded Guggenheim Fellowships than in any previous year; Henry Allen Moe, secretary of the Guggenheim Foundation, assured reporters that "It's not due to the war and the fact that there are fewer men.
"[6] Publications by Janet McCarter included: Janet McCarter married a colleague, biochemical researcher Dilworth Wayne Woolley, in 1945,[13] and collaborated with him on projects, and "played an essential role in his work".
[14][15] In particular, Dr. McCarter Woolley read scientific articles aloud for her husband, who was blind.
[16] Janet McCarter Woolley was widowed in 1966,[17] and died in 1996, age 89, in Bountiful, Utah.