In 1942 Wu married Yuan Chia-liu and they both found work on the East Coast--albeit in different states: Yuan in Princeton, New Jersey and Wu at Smith College in Massachusetts.
一九四二年，她和袁家騮結婚，並搬到美國東部。但卻因工作關係，一人在紐澤西州普林斯頓大學，一人在麻州史密斯學院教書，周末兩人則約在紐約碰面。