For two terms (1907–09),[6] she served as president-general of the UDC and during that administration, she kept in touch through correspondence with all the members and the heads of departments, writing every letter with her own hand.

[2] She was also the chair of the committee on design for the Confederate Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery erected by the general association of the UDC.

As chair for two years of the committee on education in the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs, she contributed many papers on educational interests, secured scholarship in several colleges of Texas, and recommended in her report the provision of a fund by the clubs for the maintenance of the beneficiaries of these scholarships when unable to pay board and lodging.

[3] She held offices of trust in the Daughters of the Republic of Texas (DRT), and as first vice-president, served as acting president at their convention.

[3] During World War I, she took an active part in the work of the UDC in the establishment of hospital beds and facilities for the American soldiers in France.