She worked as an occupational therapist, known as Reconstruction Aides,[2] during WWI.
[1] Abrams moved to Philadelphia at the age of twenty where she shared a studio with Edith Lucile Howard and Cora S. Brooks.
She spent time in New York where she shared a studio with Mary Elizabeth Price.
[3] She attended the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, studying under Henry B. Snell and Elliott Daingerfield.
[1] From a wealthy family, she was able to spend the winter months in Bermuda and draw inspiration from the gardens there.