[1] Between 1960 and 1968 she conducted research in archives of England, France, Italy and Spain on a Gallinal Scholarship, which focused on the immigration to the Río de la Plata.

Taking advantage of a Ford Foundation Fellowship, she studied at the Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales [es] between 1974 and 1975.

[5] and began a research project at the Union of Latin American Universities (UDUAL),[4] focused on the social history of education in Uruguay.

[3] When the Uruguayan military dictatorship ended, de Oddone returned to Uruguay and was restored to her position at the University of the Republic.

[1] In 2007, de Oddone and her husband, as well as investigators Benjamín Nahum and José Pedro Barrán, were declared Illustrious Citizens of Montevideo by the City Council.