[4] Acheson was described as a fashionable woman who, though she took scant interest in foreign affairs, was devoted to her husband and would defend him against any ill feeling.

[2] Acheson died at her home in Washington,[3] and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery alongside her husband.

[5] Acheson worked in pastels, watercolor, and oils during her career, progressing from a representational style to something approaching abstraction.

[3] Four of her works are in the collection of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, part of the original bequest by Joseph Hirshhorn; they include a still-life in oil, dated before 1956;[6] an undated landscape in oil;[7] a 1975 watercolor view of Phnom Penh;[8] and a 1970 collage titled The City.

[18] She is also featured in some materials held among her husband's official papers at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum.