[1] Her husband, John W. Blodgett, built their estate, which they named Brookby, where they made their Grand Rapids home.

After Ellen Swallow Richards' death in 1911, Julia Lathrop (1858–1932), another of Vassar's most distinguished alumnae, continued to promote the development of an interdisciplinary program in euthenics at the college.

Curriculum planning, suggested by Vassar president Henry Noble MacCracken in 1922, began in earnest by 1923.

Its aim was "to supply scientific knowledge of the complex problems of adjustment between individuals and the environment, emphasizing home and family.

Blodgett died suddenly of heart disease on October 13, 1931, in her suite in The St. Regis Hotel, New York, NY.