Editing Elizabeth Gray Vining (section)

==Early life and education==
Elizabeth Janet Gray was born in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], on October 6, 1902. She was a graduate of [[Germantown Friends School]] and received an AB from [[Bryn Mawr College]] in 1923.{{Cn|date=May 2024}} In 1926, she earned an MS in [[library science]] from the [[Drexel University]], and became a librarian at the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]].<ref name=20th>{{cite book|last=Chevalier|first= Tracy|title= 20th-Century Children's Writers, 3rd Edition|year= 1989|publisher=St. James Press|isbn=0-912289-95-3}}</ref>{{rp|1000}} She married Morgan Fisher Vining, associate director of the Extension Division of UNC, in 1929. In 1933, her husband was killed in a New York City automobile accident, and Vining was severely injured. During her convalescence, she converted to the [[Quaker]] faith.

Vining soon became known as an author, primarily of children's books, and was awarded the 1943 Newbery Medal for ''Adam of the Road''.<ref name=newbery>{{cite web|title=Newbery Awards|url=http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberyhonors/newberymedal|accessdate=2012-05-15|archive-date=2011-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111024135429/http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberyhonors/newberymedal.cfm|url-status=dead}}</ref> She had published eleven books by the end of [[World War II]].