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1. What kind of upbringing did Hepburn's mother have?

Hepburn's mother, also named Katharine, was one of three children in the Houghton family. When she was young her father, Alfred, killed himself, leaving his wife Caroline to care for the three children alone. Soon after Alfred's death, Caroline died and the Houghton children were passed between relatives until Katharine was old enough to take guardianship of her sisters.

2. What did Hepburn's maternal grandmother, Caroline, want her daughters to do in their lives?

Hepburn's maternal grandmother, Caroline, always wanted her three daughters to attend college even though this was not common at the time. Hepburn's mother made sure that she and her sisters attended college as their mother had wished.

3. What values does Hepburn say her mother passed on to her and her siblings?

Hepburn says that in life her mother learned to take what life gives you and make the best of it. She did not complain, and she always thought positively, values which she passed on to her children.

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