Editing Miriam Hopkins (section)

==Early life==
Hopkins was born in [[Savannah, Georgia]], to Homer Hopkins and Ellen Cutler.<ref>Virginia, Marriage Records 1936–2014</ref> Her early childhood home was located at 321 Whitaker St (since demolished).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://7063.sydneyplus.com/archive/final/Portal/Default.aspx?component=AABC&record=47534b0f-f314-4502-a854-8d7fa03f7dc1|title=GHS 1360 Cordray-Foltz Photography Studio photographs, Georgia Historical Society|publisher=georgiahistory.com|access-date=March 2, 2023}}</ref> She was raised in [[Bainbridge, Georgia|Bainbridge]], near the Alabama border. She had an older sister, Ruby (1900–1990).<ref>1910 United States Federal Census</ref> Her maternal great-grandfather, the fourth mayor of Bainbridge, had helped establish St. John's Episcopal Church in the city.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.episcopalchurch.org/parish/st-johns-episcopal-church-bainbridge-ga|title=St. John's Episcopal Church, Bainbridge, GA|date=June 13, 2011|website=Episcopal Church}}</ref> Hopkins sang in the choir as a girl.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/miriam-hopkins-1902-1972|title=Miriam Hopkins (1902–1972)|publisher=Georgiaencyclopedia.org|date=August 28, 2013|access-date=October 17, 2015}}</ref>

In 1909, she briefly lived in Mexico with her family. After her parents separated, Hopkins moved as a teen with her mother to [[Syracuse, New York]], to be near her paternal uncle, Thomas Cramer Hopkins, head of the geology department at [[Syracuse University]].<ref name="syracuseuniversity">[http://archives.syr.edu/collections/fac_staff/sua_hopkins_tc.htm#d0e133 T.C. Hopkins Faculty Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113035712/http://archives.syr.edu/collections/fac_staff/sua_hopkins_tc.htm#d0e133#d0e133 |date=2014-11-13 }}, archives.syr.edu; accessed June 27, 2015.</ref>

Hopkins attended Goddard Seminary in [[Plainfield (town), Vermont|Plainfield, Vermont]] (later renamed [[Goddard College]]), and Syracuse University in New York State.<ref name="syracuseuniversity"/>