[2] Talmey was hired to write at a New York newspaper directly out of college.

[4] Talmey worked at Vogue for over thirty years, beginning in 1936, continuing through World War II,[5] and serving as an associate editor from 1963 until she retired in 1971.

She was "editor of everything at Vogue that is not beauty or fashion," explained a 1967 profile.

[6] Later, she worked at the magazine as a contributing editor, reviewing books and films, and writing biographies related to medicine and politics.

[4][7] Talmey wrote Doug and Mary, and Others (1927), a book of essays about Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford and other Hollywood figures, with woodcut illustrations by Bertrand Zadig.