[1] Her parents were Dexter and Dorcas Ann (Hancock) Bryant, and her siblings included brothers Albert and Wallace.
In her sophomore year, she was elected associate editor of the paper, and took charge of the department of college verse.
At the same time, Bryant contributed largely to the newspapers, and was a frequent speaker at the women's clubs of Boston.
Bryant was awarded the inaugural Willard scholarship for excellence in modern languages, which gave her a year's study abroad.
[5] On March 9, 1908,[5] she married Theodore Franz Borst,[4][5] a horticulturalist,[10] and appears with her husband in the 1940 census.