[3] She earned a master's degree in 1925, and completed doctoral studies at Teachers College, Columbia University in 1930.

She oversaw an expansion in the college's facilities for sports, and the creation of graduate teacher training courses in physical education.

[1][10] In 1949, she chaired the first International Congress on Physical Education and Sports for Girls and Women, held in Copenhagen, which led to the founding of the International Association of Physical Education and Sport for Girls and Women (IAPESGW).

[11] From 1950 to 1957, she chaired the United States Joint Council on International Affairs in Health, Physical Education and Recreation.

She also chaired committees of the World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession, and the Pan American Institute of Physical Education.

[12] In 1960, she was awarded the Luther A. Gulick Medal from the American Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation.