[2][3] Curtis moved to various places throughout her life, including Spokane, Washington; Wheaton, Illinois; and Bethesda, Maryland.
[6] The committee, the Nurses Coalition for Action in Politics (N-CAP), was established the following year and Curtis became its first elected chairperson.
She was an early pioneer of the Nurse Lobby Days, which began after a meeting with four of her colleagues and Illinois' chief lobbyist.
[3] In 1988, Curtis moved back to Missouri, where she served on Congressman Alan Wheat's Advisory Committee on Health Care.
Curtis and her daughter participated in a sponsored event, where she drove an old ambulance in a caravan from North Carolina to Washington, D.C., on a health care reform rally that occurred across the United States.
[6] The ANA chose Curtis as one of two people to spend three months in Washington, D.C., as a White House liaison on health care legislation.
[6] In retirement, she served as co-pastor of the Community of Christ congregation in Ormond Beach, Florida, and held services at her residence.