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==Background==
==Background==
One of three children of Judge Wisdom and the former Bonnie Mathews, Kit Wisdom was educated at Metairie Park Country Day School in [[suburb]]an Jefferson Parish, and the Louise S. McGehee School in New Orleans, the Madeira School in McLean, [[Virginia]], and Pine Manor College (now part of [[Boston College]] in Chestnut Hill, [[Massachusetts]]. Beginning as a six-year-old, Kit won the "Blue Ribbon" of pleasure horsemanship in Audubon Park in New Orleans. She thereafter won numerous awards in horse shows. Later in life, she focused on riding as a therapeutic exercise, especially for children. She was also a participant in Mardi Gras as the Queen of Comus in 1960. In later years, she became a devotee of Jack Russell terrier dogs.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?n=kathleen-matthews-wisdom&pid=196513219&fhid=5630|title=Kathleen Mathews Wisdom|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=July 18, 2020|accessdate=July 21, 2020}}</ref>
One of three children of Judge Wisdom and the former Bonnie Mathews, Kit Wisdom was educated at Metairie Park Country Day School in [[suburb]]an Jefferson Parish, and the Louise S. McGehee School in New Orleans, the Madeira School in McLean, [[Virginia]], and Pine Manor College (now part of [[Boston College]] in Chestnut Hill, [[Massachusetts]]). Beginning as a six-year-old, Kit won the "Blue Ribbon" of pleasure horsemanship in Audubon Park in New Orleans. She thereafter won numerous awards in horse shows. Later in life, she focused on riding as a therapeutic exercise, especially for children. She was also a participant in Mardi Gras as the Queen of Comus in 1960. In later years, she became a devotee of Jack Russell terrier dogs.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?n=kathleen-matthews-wisdom&pid=196513219&fhid=5630|title=Kathleen Mathews Wisdom|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=July 18, 2020|accessdate=July 21, 2020}}</ref>
==Career==
==Career==