After leaving public life, Winter served on the International Board of Directors for Habitat for Humanity and was a founding member of the organization's chapter in Jackson, Mississippi.

[1] After completing high school, Winter attended Northwest Junior College for two years before transferring to the University of Mississippi, graduating in 1948 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history.

[1] According to Dick Molpus, who served as her husband's director of federal state programs, she was a "quick strategic thinker" who commanded attention and respect from the governor's all-male staff.

[1] She developed a vegetable garden which provided work, job training, and fresh produce for the inmates year-round.

[1] As hostess, she entertained at the Mississippi Governor's Mansion and hosted dinners with notable artists, writers, businessmen, and political leaders including Eudora Welty, Leontyne Price, Walker Percy, Shelby Foote, Margaret Walker Alexander, and Willie Morris.

[1] After leaving public life, Winter became a founder, board member, and fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity in the Jackson area.

[8] While a student at Ole Miss, she was introduced to her brother's roommate William F. Winter, a young World War II veteran who was enrolled at the University of Mississippi School of Law.

[9] Her husband, like his father William Aylmer Winter, pursued a political career and was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1947.