[1] She worked for the Women's Division of the U.S. Employment Service of the Department of Labor, and was the first woman appointed to the Democratic National Committee in 1925.

Shouse was a strong supporter of the arts and served as chair of the President's Music Committee's Person-to-Person Program (1957–1963).

This farm would go on to become Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, where Shouse would serve as founder until her death in 1994.

Shouse then proceeded to found Wheaton's first Vocational Bureau, which assisted alumnae in locating employment.

Her personally signed first copy is housed in Hood College's Catherine Filene Shouse Career Center.

This organization hosted national conferences that highlighted opportunities for women with education beyond high school.

Candlelight Concerts in Washington, D.C., were organized and sponsored by Shouse from 1935 to 1942 in order to supplement the National Symphony Orchestra's salaries.

[7] Shouse's desire for her children to develop an appreciation for and a relationship with nature resulted in the establishment of America's first and only national park for the performing arts – Wolf Trap.

Shouse – who was short on money but long on conviction – got into her car in 1930, with a friend visiting from Boston, and drove out of Georgetown into Virginia.

Everybody keeps his land because the division was made after the American Civil War, 52 acre properties, and because of them we don't want any strangers coming in.

Initially, Shouse grew oats, wheat, alfalfa and other farm items for family and friends.

Fresh produce (and food in general) was scarce during the war years and scores of people were allowed to take advantage of Wolf Trap.

Whenever she obtained extra money, Shouse would buy adjacent plots of land to add to Wolf Trap.

To ensure that her dream would become a reality, Shouse approached the Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall and asked, "You have many parks for recreation, but you have nothing in the performing arts.

"[8]: 3  That initial conversation with the Secretary of the Interior led to Shouse donating Wolf Trap to the federal government.

[10] Shouse also helped design the Filene Center, working closely with renowned architects John H. MacFadyen and Edward F. Knowles to create a state-of-the-art venue that would still be able to "retain the unspoiled atmosphere of the setting.

[12] In 1982, at age 85, Shouse led a rigorous effort to rebuild the Filene Center, Wolf Trap's main performing arts venue, after it was destroyed by a fire that April.

[13] In 1991, Shouse was reportedly close to breaking ties with Wolf Trap over a dispute relating to the park's 20th anniversary.

On December 14, 1994, Shouse died of heart failure at her winter home in Naples, Florida on at the age of 98.

Not only were Shouse's talents and abilities acknowledged and appreciated by local communities and organizations, her gifts were honored and utilized by many United States presidents.

President Richard Nixon appointed Shouse to the board of trustees of the renamed Kennedy Center for a ten-year term in 1970.

She was appointed to the official commissions on women's rights by Presidents Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and John Kennedy.