[3] She also wrote for the Salt Lake Herald, the San Francisco Call, and the New York American.

[2] For several years, Patterson also wrote a column in Theatre Magazine, which she signed as "The Lady with the Lorgnette".

[2] Patterson covered the trial of Harry Kendall Thaw along with three other women (Winifred Black, Dorothy Dix, Nixola Greeley-Smith) and together, they were given the dismissive nickname of the "sob sisters."

The phrase became a term of derision for other female journalists, who were believed to be overly emotional or compassionate.

[4] Patterson wrote a biography of Maude Adams By the Stage Door and co-wrote a Broadway play, Love's Lightning, with Robert Edeson.