She was probably the first woman in New Zealand to have been employed by a newspaper, editing the "Ladies' Page" of The Canterbury Times from May 1894.
On the basis of a number of articles on woman's suffrage, she was employed by The Canterbury Times', a Christchurch newspaper, where she edited the Ladies' Page from 1894 to 1907.
[1] Initially an ardent suffragist, her editorial emphasis was on education, good health and Christian values as priorities for women's successful development but she denounced child marriage in India and the wearing of sealskin coats.
As time went by, she was less emphatic about the extension of women's rights, turning to the importance of a woman's role as a housewife and a mother.
By and large, while married she discontinued her interest in writing and feminism, devoting her efforts to raising her seven stepchildren.