As chief of the service, she visited college and high school home economics programs,[4][5] worked with the United States War Department on educational rebuilding in Germany after World War II, and attended international conferences, including the 8th International Management Conference in Sweden (1947) and the International Seminar on Education and the Problems of Daily Living in France (1954).

[7] Amidon was one of the founders of the Future Homemakers of America in 1945, and chair of the FHA Advisory Board.

[8] She also actively supported the New Homemakers of America, a sister group serving Black students in states were racial segregation was enforced.

[2] Amidon received the Outstanding Service Award from the American Vocational Association in 1953.

The United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare recognized her life's work with a Superior Service Award in 1963.