She shared a studio with Nancy Coonsman and specialized in "vigorous" bas reliefs for St. Louis and New York City buildings.

[1][3] Schulenburg and Coonsman went abroad to study sculpture in the secessionist private school of Arthur Wilhelm Otto Lewin-Funcke, of Berlin.

[1] There Schulenburg remained for one year and a half, touring Germany, Paris, Dresden, Munich, Italy and other places at the end of her studies before returning home.

[2] Schulenburg made portraits, sketches, reliefs, statuettes, busts, fountains, and architectural designs.

[5] She did a portrait of Edward Mallinckrodt, "a fine breathing likeness", and a group of the Rombauer children, "lifelike and clear".