[5] In 1931, upon completing her graduate degree, Strong began teaching the first astronomy courses at the North Carolina College for Women.

[5] She would hold class meetings at four o'clock in the morning to view the rings of Saturn, the moons of Jupiter, constellations, and Lunar craters through a telescope.

[7] At one point she took a leave of absence from teaching to return to Cornell and help John Henry Tanner, one of her former professors, write a high school algebra textbook.

[5] From 1913 to 1937 she was the chairwoman of the Committee on Advanced Standing, which evaluated the academic records of alumnae from the first years of the college's history in order to determine the amount of work needed to meet current degree requirements.

[10] Strong was known to pick flowers from her garden and deliver small bouquets to new faculty members.

[4] When one of her former students, Barbara Mangum Bowland, announced her engagement, Strong sent her a blue satin wedding slipper with a four leaf clover pressed on it and covered with net, enclosed with the verse, "A bride must have something old — and something new — and a four leaf clover in the heel of her shoe.

[4] She taught Bible classes at the church, as well as at the Woman's College and the local Young Women's Christian Association.

[1][6] In November 1955, she was honored posthumously at the faculty council, where members of the mathematics department read a tribute to her.