[1] Grace and her older sister Katherine worked as straw basket makers as teenagers.

[4] Grace advanced to professional and international competitive cycling by the end of 1895, winning events in London and Paris.

[5][6] She endorsed St. Jacobs Oil and the Matto Chain for pain relief in newspaper advertisements.

[7][8] She lost a well-publicized 100 km race against Amélie Le Gall (Mademoiselle Lisette) in Paris in 1896.

After their bicycle racing days were past, they lived in Wood Green, and she worked as a cashier in 1911.