Forbes-Robertson was active as an actress from age 17, and a suffrage speaker in England before she moved to New York City in 1907 to continue her theatrical and political work.

[2] She was a member of Heterodoxy, a feminist debating club based in Greenwich Village,[3] and vice president of the Actresses' Franchise League.

[5][6] Mrs. Hale left the stage after marriage and motherhood, but continued as a lecturer on women's rights,[7][8][9][10] dress reform and fashion,[11][12][13] and theatre topics,[14] into her later years.

[15] In 1919 she spoke at a large rally in support of the Girl Scouting movement at the DAR Constitution Hall in Washington D. C.[16][17] Mrs. Hale also wrote several books, including What Women Want: An Interpretation of the Feminist Movement (1914), The Nest Builder (1916, a novel), Little Allies: A Story of Four Children (1918), and What's Wrong with Our Girls?

But until the present age the number of women possessing opportunities to develop these has been so small in proportion to men as to make any comparison invidious.