Becoming the mother of me

Kathryn Adams Doty grew up in Minnesota as the daughter of a German Methodist minister. After his untimely death, she must come to grips with her father's wish she become a "blessing for mankind." While a student at Hamline University, she entered a radio talent contest an headed to California where she married young actor Hugh Beaumont and enjoyed a brief career in motion pictures. She later taught school, became a licensed psychologist, married Fred Doty and returned to Minnesota and began writing.