[1][2] She was also the founder and chair of the "Committee on Christian Literature for Women and Children in Mission Fields, Inc.[3][4] In addition to other writings, she was the author of three biographies: her father's (William Butler : the founder of two missions, 1902), her mother's (Mrs. William Butler: Two Empires and the Kingdom, 1929), as well as Pandita Ramabai Sarasvati : pioneer in the movement for the education of the child-widow of India (1922).

On account of the infirmities of age and the heavy responsibilities they bore for so long, Dr. and Mrs. Butler settled quietly in Newton Centre, Massachusetts, and from their home, the daughter went out to inspire others with her own belief in the possibilities for women everywhere, when aided by Christianity.

A short residence in Alaska gave her an insight into the condition of the people there, and she was a champion of their rights in regard to suitable educational grants and the enforcement of the laws prohibiting the sale of liquor in that Territory.

[6] A member of the Tremont Street Methodist Episcopal Church, Butler founded a missionary museum within it and fundraised for windows.

[1] In 1933, Butler retired as an executive of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church after being active in its service for five decades.