Plaskett went on to have two children, Leslie Barrow and David Barrow. While abroad, she met her husband Errol Walton Barrow, who was studying at King's College in London. Alongside being a scholar, Plaskett was also a member of her local YWCA in Orange, New Jersey.Īfter graduating from Orange High School in 1934, Plaskett went to Oberlin College to pursue her bachelor's degree and upon graduation went abroad to study in Paris and Denmark.
The Plaskett's were a middle-class family that were deeply involved with the community.
The Plaskett family belonged to the Church of the Epiphany in Orange, New Jersey, where her father George Plaskett was the rector for 40 years. Croix, Virgin Islands and Carrie Davenport of Montclair, New Jersey, Plaskett grew up in a religious household.
