[4][5] She attended Mount Notre Dame convent school in Cincinnati.

[9] She sang at benefit concerts for the American Red Cross during World War I, and toured in France with the YMCA to entertain the troops.

[12] She taught singing from a studio on Broadway,[13][14] and performed for radio audiences, sometimes with her students.

[17] She was president of the entertainment unit of the Women's Overseas Service League.

[7][20][21] During World War II, as Beatrice MacCue Cosgrove, she was again active in the Women's Overseas Service League,[22] organizing fundraisers, directing "Bundles for America", a sewing workroom, and sending relief supplies to servicemen and their families.