[2] In 1957, she received another Miss Abbott's School Alumnae fellowship to research German records in Alexandria, Virginia.
As a result, from December 1957 to July 1959, Carroll joined the microfilming project staff of the American Historical Association's committee for the study of war documents at Alexandria.
[2] Carroll was the chair of the division of general studies at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) from 1966 to 1969.
[3] The Coordinating Committee on Women in the Historical Profession was founded in 1969 after Carroll circulated a letter urging women who were going to attend the American Historical Association's annual meeting in Washington, D.C., in December to come together and discuss creating their own affiliate organization.
[8] Georgia Fuller, an activist from the National Organization for Women in Virginia, was also involved in this campaign as was notable ERA supporter Sonia Johnson.
These women planned a series of non-violent actions to raise awareness for the amendment which failed to see ratification by the 38 states necessary by 1982.
[8] After the failure of the ERA in 1982, members of the Grassroots Group of Second Class Citizens planned a series of direct action protests with Women Rising in Resistance.