Woodroof was the first woman student and first woman to graduate from the University of the Idaho College of Agriculture, and the first woman to be inducted into the Georgia Agriculture Hall of Fame due to her research in peanut farming. She was responsible for founding the Plant Pathology Department located at the Coastal Plain Experiment Station where she became an essential component to the developments in
peanut breeding. Here she developed a method of breeding which allowed for a fivefold increase in peanut crops. This development allowed Georgia to become the United States' leading producer of peanuts. Because of her findings regarding peanuts, she was named an honorary member of the "Ton-an-Acre" Peanut Club. In her later years, she traveled to underdeveloped countries and shared information regarding disease control among crops, how to increase the harvest amount, and better methods of storing food. == Marriage and children ==