[6] She was credited with starting the school's women's field hockey program, and with planning the gymnasium that became Lathrop Hall.

[2] Mayhew made headlines in 1906, when she advocated for the healthfulness of dress reform measures, including open necklines and shorter skirts.

[8] Mayhew spoke about her work in China to American women's groups and community organizations during furloughs,[9][10] and after she retired.

[11][12] Mayhew went to Shanghai in 1912, as a representative of the YWCA, to support the introduction of physical education programs for women.

[13] She worked with fellow Wellesley College alumna Ying Mei Chun there,[14][15] and directed the YWCA's Normal School of Physical Education and Hygiene when it opened in 1915.