Her husband at the same time settled in Cambridge, and accepted a call to the pastorate of the Church of the Restoration in Philadelphia, while Bowles was called as non-resident pastor of the Universalist Church in Easton, Pennsylvania, a position she held for three years.

[1] In addition to all her ministerial work, she lectured in various parts of the country under the auspices of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, in which organization she was state superintendent of various departments.

[1] Notwithstanding all the duties and labors, she was famed among her acquaintances as a wise and affectionate mother and a model housekeeper.

One of her most popular lectures was on "Strong-minded Housekeeping" which embodied her own experience in household cares and management.

[1] She died on August 30, 1928, and is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Evergreen Path Lot 1334.