She worked in education in Georgia, Florida, Texas, Washington, D.C., and Alabama, establishing Home Economics programs throughout the area.

She was one of the earliest practitioners of the field of Domestic Science and taught nutrition and health to women for fifty years.

[2] She was a graduate of Georgia Women's College[3] and after completing her teachers certification, attended Oread Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts.

[1] As head of the Department of Home Economics at Florida State College for Women, Harris started a program in 1908 teaching canning fruits and vegetables to promote better nutrition.

Through home demonstration programs, she taught rural women that canning would allow them to better utilize their farm harvests as well as sell their excess production for profit.